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Subscribe to POLITICO Pro You'll also receive daily policy news and other intelligence you need to act on the day's biggest stories A message from ExxonMobil: DON'T JUST SOOT THERE: EPA staffers are recommending strengthening the national ambient air quality standard, which the Trump administration opted not to change in 2020 In a draft policy assessment Friday to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, the staffers found that recent research strengthened the case for stricter standards since staff made similar recommendations to then-Administrator Andrew Wheeler in 2020 EPA's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee will review the assessment and public comment will be due by Dec 14 Alex Guillén has more for Pros Advertisement Image Ashley Wilson is joining Catholics for Choice as director of comms and strategy She previously was grasstops advocacy manager at the Friends Committee on National Legislation SCOTUS TAKES UP A NARROWER ABORTION QUESTION — The Supreme Court will hear an under-the-radar case Tuesday focusing on which state officials can defend abortion bans in court, Alice reports Ag lagging: Beijing pledged as part of the two-year Phase One deal, which was signed in January 2020, to buy an additional $200 billion in US goods by the end of this year An analysis from the Peterson Institute for International Economics shows China is not on track to fulfill that promise, even though it has ramped up purchases of agricultural goods Learn more about the Surgical Care Coalition and how you can protect patient care by stopping these impending Medicare cuts Separately, employment in retail trade rose by 56,000 jobs in September, following two months of little change But within that category, employment in food and beverage stores declined by 12,000 NAMES IN THE NEWS Publicly, many Democrats are putting the electoral questions aside as they attempt to hammer out a path forward on the behemoth legislation But Biden is facing dwindling approval ratings, and Democrats privately view gaining a substantial legislative win as politically vital, Sarah and Marianne report TEXAS GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID — Tea party candidate Allen West was hospitalized with Covid-19 Sunday but said he's "doing great" QUICK FIX Officials have also noticed the unlikely agreement between Sens Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) and Joe Manchin (D-WVa) on allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, said a source familiar with the administration's thinking Lowering prescription drug costs is one of the more popular elements of Biden's plan Many Democrats see it as key to their success in the 2022 midterms and beyond — particularly because other well-liked proposals, like lowering the Medicare eligibility age, have been dropped TELL US WHAT YOU THINK: Do you listen to POLITICO podcasts? 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Send your tips and trivia answers to mchoi@politicocom Find me on Twitter @matthewchoi2018 Over in the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the subpanel on Consumer Protection and Commerce will consider a spate of legislation on US manufacturing and competitiveness on Thursday WHAT WE'RE READING DRIVING THE DAY IN THE HOUSE: The Natural Resources Committee has a number of hearings this week, including a full markup of a spate of public lands legislation on Wednesday The committee will consider the Offshore Accountability Act, HR 570 (117), and the Offshore Pipeline Safety Act, HR 2643 (117), which target both response to and prevention of offshore pipeline spills — priorities Democrats have become increasingly vocal about following last week's oil spill off the California coast Environmentalists threatened to sue the Biden administration if it doesn't promptly reassess the safety of oil and gas drilling off the Pacific coast, Pro's Colby Bermel reports The White House announced last week it would spend $1 billion to increase home test access, with the ultimate goal of making 200 million available each month by year's end But that amount may not be enough to stem soaring demand fueled by the Delta variant, holiday travel, school screening and the administration's pending regulations requiring companies with more than 100 workers to ensure any unvaccinated employees undergo weekly tests, POLITICO's David Lim writes "I totally get where he is coming from, in terms of being a leader in a state which has its entire identity wrapped in a certain industry, which for a hundred years has powered this country with a certain type of energy And that was the same thing for me in Michigan We had powered the transportation sector with an auto industry that was reliant on a fossil fuel product," she said — Biden is going big on Covid-19 tests, but experts and former health officials worry it won't be enough as communities brace for fall and winter demands BECOME A GLOBAL INSIDER: The world is more connected than ever It has never been more essential to identify, unpack and analyze important news, trends and decisions shaping our future — and we've got you covered! Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Global Insider author Ryan Heath navigates the global news maze and connects you to power players and events changing our world Don't miss out on this influential global community Subscribe now — "Views clash over Oahu's impending shift from coal to clean energy," via The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Biden's pitch: The president touted the report as another sign that his administration has delivered steady month-over-month job growth, and he blamed the disappointing overall number partly on the fact that the survey was taken before a recent decline in Covid cases — On a related note, the CEO of Kraft Heinz is warning that consumers might need to get used to higher food prices worldwide More from the BBC The administration's recent testing efforts include new contracts with OraSure, Quidel, Abbott and Intrivo to boost the at-home test supply But those expansion efforts will take months to materialize fully, industry and public health experts said The debate divided Trump officials Former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb has asserted that kratom is just as dangerous as opioids, tweeting in May that he's "convinced it's fueling the opioid addiction crisis" How COVAX failed so far : The "naively ambitious" plan has contributed less than 5 percent of coronavirus vaccines administered worldwide and is struggling to meet 2021 goals, Olivia Goldhill and Rosa Furneaux write in Stat News Listen to today's POLITICO Energy podcast! The political angle: As liberals and centrists offer competing pitches on the size and scope of the president's mammoth spending plan, many Democrats insist they aren't focused on the political stakes of Biden's agenda But with Biden's approval rating slipping, Democrats across the map privately concede that achieving the president's two major priorities will be crucial to maintaining their majorities in Congress as they stare down an all-but-impossible House map and can't afford to lose a single seat in the Senate GRANHOLM BACKS UP BIOFUEL SUPPORT: Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is sticking to her vocal support for the biofuels industry, after she told ag industry publication Brownfield last month she didn't think EPA would reduce the annual blending requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard "I know that's what EPA is considering right now, but I don't want to see anything that will hurt the biorefining industry," Granholm said, per our Pro Energy colleagues, who caught up with the secretary Friday in Georgia as she hit the road to make the case for Biden's clean energy plans — Two dozen countries have joined a campaign led by the EU and US to cut methane emissions (an effort that does not include reducing meat consumption) POLITICO Europe's Zia Weise reports — Senators can't reach an agreement on drug pricing, in large part because they don't know what Sen Kyrsten Sinema wants — "At least 85 percent of the world's population has been affected by human-induced climate change, new study shows," via The Washington Post BIDEN RACES THE CLOCK ON COVID TESTS — The Biden administration plans to triple the nation's supply of at-home Covid-19 tests by early November, but public health experts say that welcome increase likely won't be enough to meet surging demand If the justices side with Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron, it could open the door for more state officials to defend abortion laws when their governors choose not to do so TAI TALKS TRADE WITH CHINA: The US trade chief held her first set of talks with her Chinese counterpart on Friday and raised concerns over Beijing's increasingly authoritarian market behavior, as well as its failure to fulfill existing trade commitments, writes Pro Trade's Steven Overly — CBS' 60 Minutes takes a look at Deep Springs College in California, where a rigorous college curriculum is combined with daily farming and ranching duties The initiative would offer free technical assistance to members of the National Community Solar Partnership, which includes solar developers and local governments and has already distributed $1 million for technical assistance "Community solar is one of the most powerful tools we have to provide affordable solar energy to all American households, regardless of whether they own a home or have a roof suitable for solar panels," Granholm said in a statement Kelsey Tamborrino has more Granholm said she could see a path forward for natural gas and coal to be included in a CEPP if the industry can develop robust carbon capture and methane controls to curb their emissions, but acknowledged in a bit of understatement that it would be a "heavier lift" for coal And while Granholm was spreading the word about the bright future for renewables, ME couldn't help but inquire about whether she was worried the Clean Electricity Performance Program in Democrats' reconciliation package might get gutted by Sen Joe Manchin, who called for it to include natural gas, as well as coal "Of course!" she said, but that doesn't mean any iteration of the plan — which would pay utilities to add carbon-free power and penalize those that don't — would incentivize utilities to emit more carbon dioxide Plus: The holidays are coming Halloween is around the corner, kids are in school and the colder months are ahead Also, 68 million eligible people still haven't gotten the shot With upcoming holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, Fauci cautioned not to "just throw your hands up and say it's all over" Later in the afternoon, Vilsack will tour ECO City Farms, a nonprofit farm in Prince George's County focused on educating urban farmers and consumers The Surgical Care Coalition is urging Congress to stop impending Medicare cuts of nearly 9% that will threaten patient access to quality surgical care These cuts are even more concerning considering the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Learn more about the Surgical Care Coalition , representing more than 150,000 surgeons across the country, and how you can take action against these devastating cuts Jennifer Granholm and Jon Ossoff Advertisement Image In the food sector: Employment in food services and drinking places was little changed for the second consecutive month, according to the jobs report released Friday Employment in leisure and hospitality overall is still down by 16 million jobs, or 94 percent, since February 2020 — September's jobs report showed very little growth across sectors including food, but President Joe Biden predicts a decline in Covid-19 cases will lead to an improved report in the future Advertisement Image Meanwhile in the private sector, over 20 major philanthropic organizations are committing to the largest ever private pledge to reduce methane emissions, with $223 million going to the effort The pledge works in tandem with the nation-led Global Methane Pledge, with benefactors including the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, IKEA Foundation, Breakthrough Energy and John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation Read more from the Hewlett Foundation here — " Qatar powerless to ease global energy crisis," via Reuters — ME joined Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on one of her beyond-the-beltway visits to tout President Joe Biden's climate agenda, where she continued to throw her support behind the biofuels industry and pushed for a robust CEPP But Granholm expressed little doubt that another difficult carbon source — airplane emissions — could be solved with a little home-grown ingenuity At a stop in Soperton to view LanzaTech's Freedom Pines Biorefinery, which is expected to open next year and could one day supply one-third of the new DOE target for 3 billion gallons of the sustainable aviation fuel by 2030, Granholm was ecstatic, highlighting the facility as an example of Georgia's potential in clean energy "LanzaTech has an amazing process, so you should be proud that they're here," she said The company already fueled an international commercial flight from Orlando to London using its biofuel blend three years ago, and the facility's proximity to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, the world's busiest, gives it a prime opportunity to be a SAF hub, she said TELL US WHAT YOU THINK: Do you listen to POLITICO podcasts? 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Your responses will help us improve our offerings and tailor our podcast content to better fit your needs Find the survey here THE SHELLACKING: Democrats have a balancing act on their hands, with different factions of the party fearing a reconciliation package that is either too big or too small will lead to utter ruin at the polls in 2022 "Too big, some moderates worry it could cost them their seats Too small, and progressives fret the base will stay home," POLITICO's Sarah Ferris and Marianne LeVine write "But almost everybody concedes that if they fail to pass anything, there may be no path to keeping their majorities in Congress next November" Community clinics nationwide are awaiting payments for millions of Covid-19 shots administered since January, causing cash flow problems that could impact operations, Kaiser Health News' Rachana Pradhan and Rachel Bluth report — "Solar-powered steel mill blazes trail for green energy transition," via The Financial Times Democrats are pushing to pass a major social spending package before the 2022 elections, but they're struggling to agree on a price-tag and a timeline that won't hurt their political campaigns in battleground districts, including in Iowa and other farm-states WELCOME TO TUESDAY PULSE — One of your authors watched Squid Game this weekend and wants to talk about it — don't worry, there's always a health care angle Send your Squid Game takes and tips to sowermohle@politicocom and acancryn@politicocom Related: Sen Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz), one of the key senators looking to lower the cost of the package, is reportedly seeking to cut billions of dollars in climate funding The sharp turn from her political origins as a climate activist and member of the Green party comes as Arizona faces extreme heat and drought, The New York Times reports Sinema's office disputed the Times' reporting that the senator proposed slashing $100 billion from climate programs in the bill THAT'S ALL FOR ME! THE GRID GEORGIA ON ME'S MIND: ME hit the road to watch Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm in action, trailing her as she traveled to Georgia on Friday, accompanied by home state Sen Jon Ossoff The secretary has been perhaps the administration's most active salesperson for Biden's campaign to bring about a clean energy transition, traveling frequently to stump for electric vehicles, clean hydrogen and solar power, which she touted alongside the freshman senator on a visit to the port of Savannah — home to a 1 megawatt photovoltaic array and a cleantech incubator West and his wife, Angela West, were diagnosed with the virus after attending a "packed house" fundraising event Both received monoclonal antibody treatments for Covid-19, and Angela, who was vaccinated against the virus, was released to go home The unvaccinated Republican candidate said doctors were worried Saturday about the lowered oxygen saturation level in his blood The case, the first on abortion to be fully argued before the court's new 6–3 conservative supermajority, concerns the Kentucky attorney general's bid to intervene in a lawsuit over a state abortion ban the governor refused to defend — David Schutt is starting as the new executive director of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition today He was previously a senior legislative assistant for Rep Julia Brownley FRACKING FIGHT: The Western States Petroleum Association sued California on Friday, saying the state government is overreaching its authority and imposing a de facto ban on fracking after rejecting several recent fracking applications The powerful group represents fossil fuel interests in the state, which has been making moves to wean off its dependence on oil and gas to the group's vocal protests Colby has more for Pros White House puts on the pressure The administration for months largely deferred to leaders on Capitol Hill to iron out those disagreements but is now actively reaching out to House and Senate moderates to press for support Peters said the White House has more directly engaged him on drug pricing recently and "we understand where each other is better" ExxonMobil plans to offer certified or "differentiated" natural gas to help customers meet their environmental goals About 50% of ExxonMobil's Poker Lake production in New Mexico will be independently assessed on methane emissions management through this program As the first integrated energy company to make such an announcement, ExxonMobil is working hard to reduce methane emissions while continuing to advocate for federal regulations as the most effective way to reduce methane emissions at scale Several of those experts question why President Joe Biden — who campaigned on expanding access to Covid-19 testing — didn't make larger investments sooner to help the country's testing system grow more quickly While we continue to work hard to reduce our own emissions, ExxonMobil believes clear standards are needed to accelerate industry-wide reductions We have called for the direct federal regulation of industry methane emissions and offered a comprehensive regulatory framework for policymakers and stakeholders Needed change will occur faster if markets are supportive We are proud to be a leader in this effort A message from Surgical Care Coalition: "If you look at the history of the surges and the diminutions in cases over a period of time, they can bounce back," Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci said on CNN's "State of the Union" Plus, he mentioned roughly 68 million people eligible for vaccination haven't gotten it Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Sen Jon Ossoff tour the LanzaTech biofuels refinery in Soperton, Ga | Matthew Choi/POLITICO The company and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said the request covered adults with mild-to-moderate Covid-19 who are at risk for progressing to severe Covid-19 or hospitalization Merck said it expects to produce 10 million courses of treatment, called molnupiravir, by the end of 2021, with more courses expected to be produced in 2022 Cases dipped below 100,000 in the most recent seven-day period, while hospitalizations were below 10,000 and deaths below 2,000 during that time BEYOND THE BELTWAY QUICK FIX A LOOMING FIGHT OVER KRATOM — A World Health Organization meeting this week could determine the future of kratom, a widely available herbal supplement some tout as an alternative to opioid painkillers Other US officials like Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack have recently voiced concern over China's inability to meet its import targets (he estimated that China is about $5 billion behind on its obligations for farm goods and other products this year) and the need to still resolve non-tariff related barriers, namely biotechnology trade approvals MOVERS AND SHAKERS The holdup: Sen Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz) hasn't decided what she wants The moderate hasn't wavered from her stance of nearly a month ago opposing the current drug price reforms up for debate, Rep Scott Peters (D-Calif), a pharmaceutical industry ally pushing a narrower plan, told POLITICO's Alice Miranda Ollstein and Laura Barrón-López And she's sticking to her support for the biofuels industry after she told ag industry publication Brownfield last month she didn't think EPA would reduce the blending requirements under its soon-to-be issued RVO requirements for the Renewable Fuel Standard "I know that's what EPA is considering right now, but I don't want to see anything that will hurt the biorefining industry," Granholm said — Drought affected many crops across the country this year, including oats, which could lead to higher prices for the most popular breakfast products like Cheerios, granola bars and oat milk Bloomberg has the story A message from Charter Communications: Morning Energy is a free version of POLITICO Pro Energy's morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 6 am The POLITICO Pro platform combines 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Enhance your #MIGlobal experience and subscribe today COMMUNITY SOLAR: The Energy Department wants to make solar more accessible to everyday homes, with a new goal to expand community solar power to 5 million households by 2025 The initiative aims to create $1 billion in energy bill savings and reach out to households that are financially unable to afford solar power, including renters and homes without suitable roofs "No complaints I'm just relaxing," West told The Associated Press during a brief phone interview from a hospital in the Dallas suburb of Plano He said he got a good night's rest and was awaiting the results of an early morning chest X-ray MERCK FILES FOR ANTIVIRAL USE — Merck on Monday announced it asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize emergency use of an experimental antiviral pill that appears to halve the risk of hospitalization or death from Covid-19 in some people VILSACK KEEPS IT LOCAL: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is sticking around the Beltway today with a visit to Riverdale Elementary School in Prince George's County, Md, to discuss access to healthy and nutritious food Vilsack will tour the public school during lunch service and talk with parents, school officials and nutrition professionals We're proud to announce that Spectrum Internet ranks No 1 in the US News & World Report 2021-22 "Best Rural Internet Service Providers" rankings This recognition underscores our ongoing commitment to connecting more communities from coast to coast, including rural areas And we're just getting started DRIVING THE WEEK Democratic leaders are banking on the original plan — projected to save more than $450 billion over a decade — to fund major expansions of Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare and home health care A message from ExxonMobil: FAUCI: DON'T 'DECLARE VICTORY' YET — Covid-19 cases are trending in the "right direction," but people should be careful to not "declare victory," Biden's top medical adviser said Sunday Play audio Health care systems and providers across the country continue to be strained And COVID-19 has forced patients to delay routine, preventative care leading to delays in a diagnosis and treatment The proposed Medicare cuts will weaken the system even further and jeopardize access to care for the most vulnerable — "Superpower Rivalry and Vaccine Envy Set Stage for Climate Talks," via Bloomberg DEMS FRET 2022 CONSEQUENCES FROM SPENDING PACKAGE: The timeline and final price tag of the current $35 trillion social spending package remains a "political hot potato" for lawmakers ahead of the 2022 elections, report POLITICO's Sarah Ferris and Marianne LeVine — "Seventy-Two Hours Under the Heat Dome," via The New Yorker "Senator Sinema is not yet for any proposal to deal with prescription drugs," Peters said in an interview "And I'm trying to get her to come my way because I think, frankly, it would just be good to put this issue to rest" The committee's National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands subpanel will meet Thursday to go over a series of parks and lands legislation, and the Energy and Mineral Resources subcommittee will meet Thursday to discuss federal oversight of abandoned offshore fossil fuel infrastructure And on Friday, the Water Oceans and Wildlife subcommittee will have an oversight hearing on Colorado River drought conditions NEW USDA FUNDS FOR HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS: The Agriculture Department on Friday announced a $12 million investment in Hispanic-serving Institutions of higher education, as part of an effort to "advance scientific research, develop future agricultural leaders and, we hope, cultivate the next generation of USDA employees," Vilsack said in an announcement on Friday ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Phase One and done: One thing that's assuredly off the table is a "Phase Two" deal to address China's industrial subsidies and other structural economic issues That was a central goal of Trump administration trade officials — and a priority for some agricultural groups — but Biden's team appears skeptical about persuading China to change those policies — US Trade Representative Katherine Tai met with her Chinese counterpart on Friday to discuss Beijing's obligations under the Phase One trade deal, including ag purchases, among other issues AROUND THE AGENCIES Manchin "understands that the clean energy payment plan is not going to subsidize fossil fuels that are still spewing carbon pollution into the air," she told your host And though the two former governors have different views on the importance of the CEPP in curbing emissions, Granholm said she could sympathize with Manchin's concern for his state's coal miners
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Meanwhile, Republicans are closely monitoring the drama, ready to highlight any controversial positions as they set their sights on taking back the House majority "We need to do a better job of explaining what's in the package, because we've been watching as spectators to see if they can make it across this high wire that they're walking on," said Sen John Cornyn (R-Texas), a former chair of the Senate GOP campaign arm Read more from Sarah and Marianne here — EPA is making another go at strengthening federal standards for ambient air quality after the Trump administration declined to change the standards in 2020 Hands off ag, climate provisions: Regular MA readers may recall that last week, lawmakers including House Ag Dems and Democratic senators are pushing to preserve the agriculture and climate portions of the package from the incoming cuts A message from Surgical Care Coalition: TVA WATCHDOG CLEARS GROUP MEMBERSHIPS: The Tennessee Valley Authority's inspector general has largely cleared the utility's membership in "external organizations" like the now-defunct Utility Air Regulatory Group and newer ad hoc groups Several environmental groups earlier this year argued that TVA's involvement in UARG included legal and lobbying work prohibited by its policies The OIG "did not identify any evidence of direct lobbying or litigation on behalf of TVA," and almost all of its contracts or membership agreements include language limiting TVA money from being used for litigation and lobbying, according to a report released on Friday However, the report wasn't able to conclusively determine that TVA money wasn't used for prohibited purposes because the groups to which TVA belongs "do not administratively segregate TVA's funds" Democrats in the administration and on the Hill have been pushing solar access as both a climate and environmental justice issue, with expanding low-income access to solar power as a way to free vulnerable communities from high-polluting generation Ossoff is pushing two bills to bolster domestic solar manufacturing and rooftop solar deployment, with the support of Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden for inclusion in reconciliation Granholm lauded the legislation during her Georgia trip with Ossoff, calling it "essential" for reconciliation ExxonMobil plans to offer certified or "differentiated" natural gas to help customers meet their environmental goals Through this program, about 50% of ExxonMobil's Poker Lake production in New Mexico will be independently assessed on methane emissions management, including methane intensity, monitoring systems and company operating practices This will help validate the effectiveness of the methane mitigation measures we are taking in our operations and give customers information they need to support lower-emissions production THE FOOD SECTOR'S WEAK JOBS GROWTH: The Labor Department's September jobs report showed only 194,000 new jobs were created last month, far fewer than originally predicted, report Pro's Rebecca Rainey and Megan Cassella The slow growth suggests that the end of expanded federal unemployment benefits may not have been enough to drive a significant number of people back into the labor force GETTING ON BOARD THE METHANE FIGHT: Another 24 countries are joining the US and EU in their pledge to reduce methane emissions, including major emitters Nigeria and Pakistan US climate envoy John Kerry hopes to get a "critical mass" of at least half the world's countries to sign on before the pact's formal reveal at COP26 The countries aim to reduce emissions 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030 Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases, responsible for over 20 percent of climate change since the start of the 20th century Zia Weise from POLITICO Europe has more SINEMA NOT SOLD ON A DRUG PLAN, STILL — Senate Democrats still haven't agreed on a key component of President Joe Biden's sweeping social spending package — drug pricing reform FRESH FROM USDA But those comments prompted a swift rebuke from Brett Giroir, Trump's assistant secretary for health and acting FDA commissioner after Gottlieb left Giroir, in a 2018 memo, rescinded the HHS recommendation to outlaw kratom and called for more study and public comment — Winemakers in California's Napa Valley are turning to carbon farming amid worsening drought, extreme heat and wildfires The Washington Post has more DRIVING THE DAY — A new partnership aimed at increasing diversity in agriculture was announced on Monday by the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Society for Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences Take a look here HAPPY TUESDAY, OCT 12! Welcome to Morning Ag, where your host finally caved and watched all of Squid Game this weekend Send show reviews and story tips to xbustillo@politicocom and @ximena_bustillo and follow us @Morning_Ag "They really believed that they were going to declare victory over Covid and move on And so they took their eye off the testing ball for most of this year because they thought that vaccines were going to save the day," said Jerome Adams, the country's surgeon general during the Trump administration "I think that was very much a real issue with our lack of ability to provide testing" Kratom advocates say the substance is a promising replacement for opioids that could help wean people addicted to those drugs, which killed nearly 70,000 people in the US in 2020 But those claims have yet to be fully vetted by scientists, POLITICO's Lauren Gardner writes Meanwhile, the US government has twice tried to restrict kratom's use by classifying it as a controlled substance, though public outcry and pushback from Congress thwarted those efforts A nearly 9% cut to Medicare could threaten patients' access to quality surgical care The Surgical Care Coalition, representing more than 150,000 surgeons across the country, are advocating Congress to stop these harmful cuts to protect patients and ensure access to the care they deserve, especially considering the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic AROUND THE NATION The justices are set to hear a much more high-profile and influential abortion case in December — a lawsuit over Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban that directly challenges Roe v Wade Lawsuits against Texas' six-week abortion ban could also come back to the court either on an emergency basis or through the regular channels The drug is taken twice a day for five days at home, in contrast to antiviral treatments like remdesivir or monoclonal antibodies that have to be infused or injected in a clinic That's raised hopes it could help reduce the risk of severe illness and ease the burden on health systems by reducing future surges of infection Now, kratom advocates suggest Washington is behind the WHO's interest in an attempt to end-run the federal regulatory process by taking the international route to finish what it couldn't accomplish domestically After spending "hundreds of hours" reviewing the data, Giroir told POLITICO on Friday he determined that listing kratom as a Schedule I drug would stymie research and potentially steer users toward deadlier options like heroin and fentanyl — A global discussion on kratom begins this week after US health officials have repeatedly tried to limit its use The funding will go toward institutions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Puerto Rico and Texas, USDA said It's aimed at helping the schools attract, retain and graduate underrepresented students pursuing careers in agriculture, natural resources and human sciences — Democrats in Congress are performing a balancing act as they figure out a path forward on their infrastructure and climate agendas, fearing the wrong moves could have particularly high costs during the midterms What if supplies fall short? Commercial labs may have to plug some of the gap, along with health professionals who can administer other types of tests, like point-of-care antigen tests that have quick turnarounds
