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News Releases of the 107th Congress (beginning January 2001) You can subscribe to receive emails of news releases form the Committee on Agriculture. To find a particular news release, see the Committee's news search engine News releases from the previous two years (1999 - 2000) are found within the archives of the 106th Congress. President Works to Fulfill Plan for Healthy Forests Forest Plan Focuses Public Voice for Effective Action Goodlatte Subcommittee Inventories Threat of Invasive Species Invasive Species' Unchecked Growth Costs Billions House Ag Committee Names Commission Members on Payment Limitations Ag Specialty Crops Subcommittee Reviews Tobacco Buyout Proposals Discrimination Allegations Continue, Despite Directives to Resolve Complaints President and USDA Deliver Livestock Aid Chambliss Examines Crop Insurance Performance USDA Secretary Ann Veneman - statement by Chairman Combest Forestry Subcommittee Reviews President's Healthy Forests Initiative Chambliss Pursues Federal Crop Insurance Progress House Agriculture Committee To Examine Livestock Markets Goodlatte, Rehberg Force Action on Forest Wildfire Protection Stewardship Contracts Idle While Forests Burn USDA's Specialized Border Inspectors to Reinforce Security Effects of Roadless Areas on the Nations' Forests Discussed Agricultural Aspects of Homeland Security Proposal Examined National Fire Plan and Wildfire Outlook Examined Black Hills National Forest Fire Risk and Management Plan Reviewed Farm Security and Rural Investment: House OK's 2002 Farm Bill Daschle and Harkin Put Rural Communities at Risk Farm Bill Conference Chairman Combest Focuses on Progress Department Operations Subcommittee Chairman Goodlatte Joint Statement on Farm Bill Progress Farm Bill Conferees Set First Formal Meeting House Negotiators Balance Farm Bill Conference Committee's views and estimates letter to Budget Chairman Progress of Agricultural Risk Protection Act Reviewed House Ag Chairman Combest Readies Farm Bill Conference President's Budget Maintains $73.5 Billion Farm Bill Commitment President's Farm Budget Commitment Solid Senate Presented with Path to Speedy Farm Bill Conclusion Ag Chairman Combest: House-passed farm bill is farmers' best option Senate Walks Away from Farm Bill This Year House Ag Chairman Combest: "Senate Must Complete Farm Bill This Week" Ag Chairman Combest Issues TPA Statement (audio links to comments at end of news release) USDA Biosecurity Programs and Authorities Reviewed House Ag Chairman Combest Statement: House Ag Leaders Will Welcome Agenda Positive for U.S. Ag Trade House Ag Leaders Praise Alternative Senate Farm Bill House Ag Leaders Note Senate Progress Ag Chairman Questions Message Being Sent by U.S. Trade Negotiators Farm Security Act Passage Continues Momentum House of Representatives Preserves Farm Bill Integrity Commitment to America's Farmers Stands: Ag Chairman Combest Views USDA Goals as Consistent with House Farm Bill House Agriculture Leaders Combest and Stenholm Object to Obstruction: House Ag Leaders Demand Senate Action on 2001 Assistance Bill House Agriculture Committee Completes 2001 Farm Bill
Agriculture Subcommittee Examines Hasty Pesticide Safety Changes
Hidden Senate amendment siphons school resources, adds confusion July 18, 2001 Ag Chairman Leads House Vote For Crop Year Assistance USDA Erodes Farmer's Footing on Market Loss Payments with WTO Agriculture Committee Sets $5.5 Billion 2001 Crop Year Aid Ag Chairman Observes Rising Role for Ethanol Subcommittee Examines Forestry Programs General Farm Commodities Subcommittee Farm Bill Field Hearing Schedule Subcommittee Continues Review of Conservation Programs Agriculture Committee Reviews Free Trade Area of the Americas National Dairy Policy Reviewed by Subcommittee Subcommittee Holds Field Hearings to Further Farm Bill Process Budget Agreement Fits Farm Policy Needs Series of Farm Policy Hearings Comes to a Close Fruit and Vegetable; Honey Industry Look to Farm Programs for Assistance Agriculture Subcommittee Examines Effect of Energy Costs on Agriculture Sugar Producers Cite Unique Circumstances for Policy Needs Agriculture Subcommittee Opens Comprehensive Farm Fuel Hearings Corn Growers Commodity Plan: Replace Non-Recourse Marketing Loan & LDPs Ag Secretary, Trade Representative to Testify on Free Trade Area of the Americas: Dairy Industry Makes Farm Policy Recommendations to Committee Grain Sorghum Producers Appear Before Committee USDA Domestic Food Programs Reviewed by Subcommittee Oilseed Producers Group Presents Farm Program Recommendations to Committee House-passed budget resolution aids agriculture this year and next 10 years Subcommittee Reviews National Fire Plan Implementation Livestock Industry Presents Farm Policy Recommendations Agriculture to Share in Budget's $500 Billion Strategic Reserve Committee Questions the Rice Industry New USDA Secretary Sends Promised Crop Loss Payments Committee Examines Recommendations from the Wheat Industry House Agriculture Committee Cites Farm Budget Needs National Farmers Union Appears Before Committee Barley Growers Present Committee with Policy Recommendations Committee Reviews Farm Credit Administration National Charters Statement of Chairman Larry Combest in response to the President's Budget Blueprint for New Beginnings House Ag Committee Hears Cotton's Farm Program Specifics Ag Committee Focuses on Farming's Fragile Economy Ag's House Members Examine Future Farm Policy Options Ag Chairman Notes USDA Efforts to Speed Farmer Payments Ag Chairman Combest Names Subcommittee Chairmen |
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