From Washington with John Block

It is time for our government to go to work. The Senate and House both are in the process of naming who will serve on the different committees. The Republican-led house is scheduled to take up a GOP energy bill. It will direct the Biden Administration to come up with a plan to increase oil and gas production on federal land before drawing down our Strategic Petroleum Reserve anymore. We know President Biden does not want the U.S. to pump more oil. He wants to buy it from other countries. What will happen? We shall see.

January is a month to reflect on the past year and focus on the year ahead. This week I’d like to share with you five observations and predictions for 2023—from the economy to the farm bill. So…. here they are.

It took a lot of votes and too much time, but we do have a new Speaker of the House.

Whenever we step into a New Year, it makes me think about past years and I try to anticipate the future.

Happy New Year – The year 2022 is all but over.

When I was a ten- or twelve-year-old boy, my mom, dad and 2 sisters would join my mother’s sister and her family. We exchanged gifts and had a delicious dinner. My father opened the event by thanking God that we could all be together on the farm after a safe harvest.

Hello everybody out there in Farm Country. Today I will give the microphone to my daughter Savannah Block. She graduated from Virginia Tech University with a degree in Ag Economics. She has worked on ag issues with Members of Congress and in the private sector. It’s all yours, Savannah.