Moore Asks Pelosi to Help Clean Water Agencies
Our friend Gwen Moore is asking Speaker Pelosi to help the agencies that keep our water clean during the COVID-19 crisis. See the letter from Rep. Moore’s office, below.
FY2020 Appropriation Successes
Today, the House and Senate have passed two appropriations bills for FY2020 which are now heading to the President’s desk for signature. The government funding expires on Friday, December 20th, 2019 at midnight. Broydrick and Associates has worked diligently for our clients on many diverse appropriation requests and have been very successful in getting what…
Premier’s ProvideGx to launch intravenous nutrition drug
Alex Kacik Story from Modern Healthcare Premier subsidiary ProvideGx is now supplying cysteine hydrochloride injections to its member providers, the generic-drug division of the group purchasing and consulting organization announced Tuesday. ProvideGx teamed up with the manufacturer Exela Pharma Sciences to deliver the only Food and Drug Administration-approved version of the drug. The injection used for…
$30 MILLION FOR MOLY-99 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
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…
USDA Announces Direct Payments to Cranberry Growers!
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…
UPDATE: CRANBERRY RETALIATORY TARIFFS
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.…
$90 MILLION FOR SEWER OVERFLOW CONTROL GRANTS
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…
Rural Development Lending Reform Update
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!
Milwaukee secures line of credit for its 2020 Democratic Convention bid
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…
Retaliatory Tariffs on Cranberry Industry
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…