Washington Report for 2-27-17

By: Steve Kopperud

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• No Date Set for Perdue Confirmation Hearing; FDA Nominations Unknown
• Pruitt Confirmed to Head EPA Despite Major Opposition; Tells Employees ‘Regulators mean certainty’
• Confirmations Include OMB’s Mulvaney; Rulemaking Machine Restarted
• Congressional Regulatory Rollback in High Gear
• RFS Revamp in Bullseye for Bipartisan House Group, Pruitt Told “Hands Off” on RFS
• Farm Bill Action Kicks into Gear on both Sides of Hill
• Trump Releases Immigration Enforcement “Guidances;” New Travel Ban Expected Next Week
• House Ag Clears Two Pesticide Bills
• How’s That NAFTA “Renegotiation” Going?
• Branstad Says Ag Trade Priority in China Talks
• CFTC Grants Six-Month Transition on Collateral Requirements
• Dodd-Frank House Hearings Begin in March: Hensarling