News from Washington: February 15-19

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• Biden Immigration Bill Requires Farmworker Overtime, Offers Expedited Citizenship
• Senate Sets Vilsack Vote
• Farm Groups Weigh in Against Phosphate Duties
• Grassley Invites Climate Czar to Midwest
• COVID-19 Update: USDA, FDA Underscore Current Epidemiologic and Scientific Information Indicating No Transmission of COVID-19 Through Food or Food Packaging
• Collapse in CRP Acreage Poses Challenge for Climate Policy
• Biden Mentions Trade in First Official Call to Chinese President Xi
• GOP Targets Ag District Democrats in 2022 but Faces Vulnerabilities Within
• FACT SHEET: Update on USDA Activities to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Bonnie Eyes Outreach To Farmers, Foresters on Climate
• Immigration Bill Lacking Ag Priorities
• Study IDs Farmland Stores of ‘Surplus Nitrogen’
• Ag’s Share of GHG Emissions Rose in 2019