TUTTLE TAYLOR AND HERON for WESTERN GROWERS ASSOCIATION

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Support of the Pilot Program on NAFTA Long-Haul Trucking Provisions to end Mexico's retaliatory tariffs; support all Free Trade Agreements and export promotion programs

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Agriculture AGR

Specialty crop issues; Funding for specialty crops for implementation in the 2012 Farm Bill and for Research; Support assistance for new crop insurance policy; Export promotion program; Support of the National School Lunch Program - particularly related to Fruit and Vegetable menus; Support of the Charitable Agricultural Research Act

Contacted: White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011; Support of funding for Value Added Grants and Specialty Crop provisions in the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011; the Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, H.R. 2112

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 2112 (113th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act, H.R. 1837

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 1837 (113th)

Immigration IMM

The Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 2164; Support the passage of comprehensive immigration reform; support of AWC proposal

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2164 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

The Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 2164; Support the passage of comprehensive immigration reform; support of AWC proposal

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2164 (113th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance Committee; Support of the Food Safety Modernization Act, 2011

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office