[MAIPC] USDA Secretary confirmation hearing Thursday 23 March

[Phytodoer at aol.com]

Forest pest mavens,
 
the confirmation hearing for former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to be  
Secretary of Agriculture has been scheduled for 23 March - next Thursday.
 
Please contact your senators and ask them to ask Mr. Perdue how he will use 
 USDA authorities to address invasive species - prevention,  
containment/eradication, management; research; restoration ... outreach to and  
collaboration with partners ...
 
I suggested a number of questions you might suggest in my blog of February  
9 - available at _www.nivemnic.us/2017/02_ (http://www.nivemnic.us/2017/02) 
   --  scroll down to the picture of Sonny Perdue (after my description of 
Interior  Secretary Zinke's discussion of invasive species policies.
 
Your engagement is particularly important if one of your senators is on the 
 Agriculture Committee.  You can find the committee members at 
https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/about/membership
 
(MD & PA both have members on the Committee)
 
This is the best opportunity we will have to put invasive species on USDA  
leadership's agenda.  Please help!
 
Faith Campbell
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.maipc.org/pipermail/maipc-maipc.org/attachments/20170317/415cfe7a/attachment.htm>