As Congress approaches its August recess there are only 12 legislative days left before a possible government shut down on September 30. That’s 12...
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it was rescinding the Obama Administration’s “persuader” rule, also known as the “employer gag rule.”...
A key government report that provides critical data on floral industry products will be published in 2018 after a two-year hiatus. The U.S....
As noted in the December 22, 2017 Week In Review, the Tax Cut and Jobs Act passed by Congress made significant changes to many portions of the tax...
Like the Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (FNRI), requests by SAF and CAD attendees for the continued publication of the Floriculture...
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has invited SAF to represent the floral industry at a workshop...
When Rep. Julia Brownley visited The Sun Valley Group’s Oxnard, California, location on May 7, the congresswoman toured the company’s facility, met...
The U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) needs to be modernized and updated. That’s the message SAF carried to the Senate this week during a...
House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) and the committee’s ranking member Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) introduced H....
Because members of SAF met and educated their members of Congress during SAF’s Congressional Action Days, Congress has included significant support...
Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia-6) does not represent Mike Mooney. In fact, Goodlatte, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee,...
SAF has learned that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will be publishing a rule on Monday, March 19th that will have a large...
Coming to the Society of American Florists’ Congressional Action Days in March and wondering what exactly the trade association does for the...
The seventh round of the NAFTA negotiations are taking place this week in Mexico City. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, House Ways and...
Breaking News! SAF has just confirmed officially that we are taking CAD participants to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House...