GARY ADAMS

Joined in a letter at to the House Ways and Means Committee outlining the major tax reform priorities of the agriculture sector. Joined a letter at to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees regarding the need for continued, safe use of pesticides. Joined a letter to Howard Lutnick and Linda McMahon, Co-Chairs of the President-elect Trump Transition Team, expressing enthusiasm for working with the new administration to maintain America's reputation for safe and affordable food, feed, and fiber supplies. Joined a letter at to the incoming Trump administration advocating for USDA-administered commodity checkoff programs. Joined letters at urging President Joe Biden and President-elect Trump to assist ongoing labor negotiations between the International Longshoremens Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMA).

Filed comments on the new EPA Mitigation Menu Website for non-ESA mitigations that will be required for new pesticide registrations. Joined on a letter to the Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to express concerns regarding the risk assessment process. Joined on a letter to Surface Transportation Board Chairman Robert Primus, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai expressing concerns about rail capacity constraints in Mexico. Submitted comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Preliminary Interim Decision (PID) for acephate insecticide. Joined a letter to the EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs expressing concerns with the Agencys antimicrobial resistance and antifungal resistance framework. Joined a letter to President Biden urging his administration to aid in negotiating an end to the current labor dispute between the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International Longshoremens Association (ILA) related to the 45,000 dockworkers servicing East and Gulf Coast ports. Joined on a letter to the mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, urging them to oppose proposed regulations aimed at lowering emissions at the West Coast ports. As the letter points out, the proposed regulations are unrealistic given existing infrastructure and threaten to eviscerate the regions economy and disrupt the nations access to essential goods. Submitted comments on the EPAs Proposed Interim Registration Decision for dicrotophos. Submitted comments on the EPA Proposed Interim Registration Review Decision for malathion. Joined a letter at to President Biden requesting the administration take action to prevent potential east and gulf coast port disruptions. Joined a letter expressing concerns about other transportation challenges that jeopardize the movement of agricultural goods. Submitted comments and signed onto two other comments to the EPA regarding the draft Insecticide Strategy. Discussions with USDA RMA regarding a cotton harvest incentive crop insurance provision and the HIP-WI tropical storm insurance program. Submitted comments on a draft Dicamba label. Joined a letter to EPA Administrator on Endangered Species Act reform. Joined a letter on the No IRIS Act to the Senate. Visits with members of Congress regarding the need for a farm bill.

Joined a letter at https://bit.ly/3xvJQaZ to Senate leaders Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urging passage of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (H.R. 7024). Joined a letter at https://bit.ly/3PWlD4b urging Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to reject a request from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to impose new regulations on rail carriers. Joined a letter endorsing House and Senate efforts, led by Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH) and Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), to repeal the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Joined a letter urging the Department of Labor (DOL) to delay implementation of its recently finalized overtime pay rule. Joined a letter requesting that the EPA list drift reduction adjuvants (DRAs) as one of the mitigation tools in the Draft Herbicide Strategy. Joined in two stakeholder comments to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) from coalitions that sought to prevent a rule that would likely prohibit farming from taking place on wildlife refuges. Joined a letter of support for Robert Primus, who was appointed by President Biden to serve as the next Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board (STB). Sent a letter asking Environmental Protection Agency to extend the July 1 deadline for public comments on Acephate by 60 days in order to have more time to work with the registrants to provide additional data. Joined a letter expressing support for bipartisan legislation to improve the federal regulatory process via the Regulatory Early Notice and Engagement Act (H.R. 8204). Joined a letter to the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee in support of Marcus Graham. Joined a letter to President Biden urging his administration to assist in the negotiation of a new labor agreement between the International Longshoremens Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) applying to the 45,000 dockworkers servicing East Coast ports. Filed comments on the New Uses of Dicamba referencing the draft label from Bayer. Filed comments on glufosinate-p-ammonium.

Filed comments with USDA regarding the agencys rulemaking on implementation of the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) for 2022. Joined a letter to Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), and Representative Bruce Westerman (R-AR) thanking them for sponsoing legislation to require automakers to maintain AM radio capability in new vehicles. Joined a letter to the International Trade Commission (ITC), which works in tandem with Commerce on determining duties for fertilizer tariffs. As part of the Pesticide Policy Coalition, filed comments to the Environmental Protection Agency for the Draft 2026 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES): Pesticide General Permit (PGP) for Point Source Discharges from the Application of Pesticides (Draft 2026 PGP). Joined 59 other organizations in comments to the USDA on proposed exemptions for genetic modifications, including gene editing. Joined other agriculture organizations on a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young urging them to avoid any cuts to the federal crop insurance program. Joined a letter to the Congressional leaders of the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee supporting the position that general permits for pesticide discharges offer no additional protections since pesticides are heavily studied for their effects in water by the Office of Pesticide Products at EPA before they are ever labeled for use. Joined an agricultural stakeholder to the House Ways & Means Committee urging passage of the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill. Joined a letter to the House Appropriations Committee asking them to include Section 461 in the final conferenced appropriations bill to reaffirm EPA as the primary authority on pesticide decisions in order to lessen the negative impacts from a patchwork of state and local regulations that seek to usurp federal law. Joined a letter as a member of the Waters Advocacy Coalition to the House T&I Committee supporting three bills (H.R. 7023, 7026, & 7021). Joined organizations in endorsing a letter led by Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and co-signed by nine other senators to congressional appropriators opposing the Department of Labors (DOL) Average Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) applying to temporary workers hired through the H-2A visa program. Submitted comments as a follow-up to a January 31 House Budget Committee hearing examining the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the agency tasked with determining the potential cost of federal legislation. Filed comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding an activist petition to more heavily regulate treated seeds. Activist petitions have been seeking heavier regulations for the pesticides that coat the seeds as well as the seeds themselves. Joined a letter to President Biden supporting Carl Bentzels renomination to serve another term at the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC). Joined comments submitted by the Pesticide Policy Coalition (PPC) on EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). Submitted comments on EPAs notice of Scientific Integrity policy document. Joined the American Cotton Shippers Association and numerous other agriculture organizations on a letter urging swift confirmation of Patrick Fuchs to serve another term on the Surface Transportation Board (STB). Joined the American Cotton Shippers Association and other organizations on a letter commending the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) for its efforts to facilitate digital interconnectivity and seamless data communication that anyone who touches the industry can leverage. Joined a letter expressing support for legislation being offered by Representative Eric Burlison (R-MO) opposing the Department of Labors (DOL) proposed overtime rule. Joined comments from the NAAQS Regulatory Review & Rulemaking Coalition (NR3) to the EPA in support of supported a proposal to update and retroactively calibrate air monitors and their data which have been shown to be consistently off by 20% in their measurements of fine particulate matter. Joined a letter urging swift Senate passage of legislation to delay implementation of the Corporate Transparency Acts (CTA) beneficial ownership reporting requirements, which were developed to target illicit shell corporations. Joined a letter to EPA urging swift action on a label for dicamba products for the 2025 crop. Meetings with House and Senate Agriculture Committee staff regarding ongoing development of the 2024 Farm Bill. Submitted comments to EPA on neonics and systemic insecticides. As part of the Growing Matters Coalition, joined comments on neonics and systemic inseciticides. Submitted comments to EPA on their Rodenticde Strategy. Joined with the Pesticide Policy Coalition is submitting comments on the Rodenticide Strategy. Sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan on the vacatur of the 2024 dicamba label. Joined an extension request from the Pesticide Policy Coalition for the comment period on the draft Scientific Integrity policy. As a member of the Waters Advocacy Coalition, joined a letter to the EPA and the Corps of Engineers on their implementation of Waters of the U.S. Discussions with USDA RMA regarding the Tropical Storm Endorsement. Discussions with USDA RMA regarding ELS crop insurance provisions.

NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL

NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL

NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL

NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL