by Drew Gruenburg | Feb 16, 2018 | Government Relations, Week In Review
Breaking News! SAF has just confirmed officially that we are taking CAD participants to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex for an exclusive Administration briefing. During CAD 2016, we participated in a White House Briefing and talked...
by Drew Gruenburg | Feb 15, 2018 | Government Relations, Uncategorized, Week In Review
The House of Representatives voted February 14 to reauthorize the (GSP) through December 31, 2020, paving the way for an end to duties on flowers coming into the U.S. from Ecuador. The vote was 400 to 2. Despite the overwhelming House vote, the Senate has no immediate...
by Drew Gruenburg | Feb 9, 2018 | Government Relations, Uncategorized, Week In Review
The House of Representatives voted February 13 to reauthorize the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) through December 31, 2020, paving the way for an end to duties on flowers coming into the U.S. from Ecuador pending action by the Senate in the coming weeks....
by Drew Gruenburg | Feb 8, 2018 | Government Relations, Week In Review
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb this week announced a formal agreement between the two agencies to increase interagency collaboration on food safety and...
by Drew Gruenburg | Jan 25, 2018 | Government Relations, Industry Watchdog, Member Benefits, Week In Review
For many of you, this marks the second time you received Week in Review, an e-newsletter focused on SAF’s daily efforts on Capitol Hill to educate and inform Members of Congress and federal officials about the impact of legislation and regulations on the floral...