WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: A bipartisan delegation of the House Ways and Means Committee led by Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) met with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to encourage the Mexican government to abide by its obligations under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Chairman Smith also voiced disapproval of the President's recent comments on America's e  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 16 -- The Kansas Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The Kansas Department of Agriculture has announced the result of the elections held for the state's five grain commodity commissions - corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat - in districts four, five, and six in the central region of the state. Grain commodity commissions serve the Kansas agriculture industry by managing their crop's research promotion and education programs funded   more

MEXICO CITY, Mexico, March 15 -- Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: Yesterday, Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (TX-24) joined a bipartisan delegation of the House Ways and Means Committee led by Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) who met with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The delegation implored the Mexican government to abide by its trade obligations under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and to operate as our partner to   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 17 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers University-Camden researcher explains political implications of Irish cuisine * * * On St. Patrick's Day, the whole world seemingly turns green as revelers everywhere savor the holiday with Irish food and drink. But aside from pleasing the palate, traditional Irish meals, known for their sparse, simple, and inexpensive ingredients, and "Americanized" staples, such as the ubiquitous co  more

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 16 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on March 15, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken during a news availability at Addis Ababa University: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. It is great to be back in Africa, but also to make my first appearance to Ethiopia as Secretary of State. I'm here in Ethiopia - and then on to Niger - to reaffirm the pledge that President Biden made at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit late last yea  more

NIAMEY, Niger, March 18 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on March 17, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Nigerien Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massoudou at a joint news availability: * * * FOREIGN MINISTER MASSOUDOU: (Via Interpreter.) First of all, I would like to applaud this visit, which is the very first of a U.S. Secretary of State into our country. This is a great testimony, a show of friendship towards our people, and that also testifies to the quality and of  more