President Joe Biden’s nominee to be his chief agricultural trade negotiator, Doug McKalip, gets a confirmation hearing this week that will allow Republicans to press their complaints that the administration isn’t trying to negotiate new trade agreements.
 
Also this week, a House committee will advance a child nutrition reauthorization bill that would expand eligibility for free lunches and increase meal subsidies for schools. The full House, which is scheduled to be in recess after Friday until mid-September, will consider a package of bills this week called the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act.
 
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