House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota announced a full Committee hearing with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on “The State of the Rural Economy.”

 We’ve got a lot of work to do. We have a great opportunity to drive real, tangible and bipartisan progress for Americansin all communities, rural or urban, from this Committee. Now it won’t be flashy—as far as I know, nobody’s ever accused me of that—but it will be important work.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota and Ranking Member Mike Conaway of Texas announced the rosters for the six subcommittees of the House Agriculture Committee today in Washington.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota announced the addition of new Committee staff members Wednesday.