On Tuesday, May 14, the House Appropriations Committee released the draft fiscal year 2020 Energy and Water Development funding bill which provided $35 million to the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Molybdenum-99 (“Mo-99”) Cooperative Agreement program. The program is centered around establishing a reliable supply of non-HEU sourced Mo-99 produced in the US as directed by…
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced USDA will take action to assist farmers who have been negatively impacted by unjustified retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural goods and other trade disruptions. Specifically, the USDA is authorized to provide up to $16 billion in relief programs including the Market Facilitation Program (MFP), Food Purchase and…
On May 17, 2019, the cranberry industry finally received some good news amidst the ongoing trade war. The White House announced it reached a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada—the U.S. will suspend Section 232 Steel and Aluminum tariffs and in response, Mexico and Canada will suspend their retaliatory tariffs. In response to the U.S.…
On Monday, May 14, the House Appropriations Committee released the draft fiscal year 2020 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill, which includes funding for programs within the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other related agencies.We are excited to announce that the bill includes $90 million for EPA’s Sewer Overflow municipal grant…
Broydrick & Associates continues its work towards reforming and enhancing RD lending to create robust markets for lenders and borrowers alike. Today, we brought our FY2020 RD lending initiatives to Puerto Rico at the National Rural Lenders’ Roundtable!
Great article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Milwaukee secures line of credit for its 2020 Democratic Convention bid Mary Spicuzza Organizers of Milwaukee’s bid for the 2020 Democratic National Convention have lined up a third-party line of credit, clearing the last major hurdle in the city’s quest to host the convention, Mayor Tom Barrett said Wednesday. “That issue has…
Due to President Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, retaliatory tariffs have been imposed on many U.S. goods. Canada, Mexico, China, and the European Union are among those who have instituted retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports such as cranberries and cranberry products. President Trump claims that the specific measures are meant…
Barron’s (5/2, Bary, 948K) reports that according to Exact Sciences CEO Kevin Conroy, there continues to be “big growth from the company’s colon-cancer test,” Cologuard. According to Barron’s, Exact Sciences “has successfully secured reimbursement from Medicare and most commercial insurers for the self-administered test.” Conroy says that Cologuard “could ultimately deliver revenue of $5 to $6…
Whether to hire a lobbyist or not? This question always presents a difficult decision because one doesn’t know the outcome. Wall Street has developed an index fund that attempts to resolve the dilemma (https://www.barrons.com/articles/lobbying-index-beats-the-market-1524863200). “About 10-years-ago, Srategas (https://www.strategasrp.com/OurFirm) devised a ‘lobbying index’ of companies that get the most bang for their lobbying buck, including interaction…
April 13, 2018 Chicago, Illinois On Friday, April 13, 2018, Phanesh Koneru, PhD, LLM, President and CEO of Exela Pharma Sciences interviewed the Honorable George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States of America at the 9th Annual Becker’s Hospital Review conference in front of 4,000 attendees. The conference is attended by the nation’s…