Broadcast Newsline: February 27, 2019

Congress is back in session following a brief Presidents Day recess. The items on their agenda include work on a disaster relief package which includes funding for agricultural disaster assistance in response to the hurricanes and wildfires that took place in 2018.

Today’s Cotton Newsline is 2 cuts. All cuts are Reece Langley, Vice President of Washington Operations for the National Cotton Council.

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Congress is back in session following a brief Presidents Day recess. The items on their agenda include work on a disaster relief package which includes funding for agricultural disaster assistance in response to the hurricanes and wildfires that took place in 2018. Reece Langley, Vice President of Washington Operations for the National Cotton Council, joins us to talk about the Council’s involvement in this process.

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Also this week, Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, is scheduled to testify before both the House and Senate Agriculture committees to discuss the state of the rural economy and USDA’s implementation efforts on the new Farm Bill.

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