Chairman Bob Goodlatte announced today that Rep. Jerry Moran will lead a delegation of Congressional members to Geneva this week to meet with officials involved in the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Doha round of negotiations. Rep. Moran is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management and will be traveling on behalf of the House Committee on Agriculture. The S... Read more »
Chicago Sun-Times op-ed April 7, 2006By Chairman Bob Goodlatte In response to the March 31 Commentary in the Sun-Times Business section by Chicago attorney Calvin Manshio ("'Don't worry' doesn't cut it for Japan in beef over U.S. imports"), I appreciate the willingness of the Sun-Times to correct Mr. Manshio's claim that the United States shipped beef to Japan that contained Bovine Spongiform Ence... Read more »
Today, the House Committee on Agriculture considered and passed H.R. 4200, "The Forest Recovery and Research Act", as amended. This legislation has broad bipartisan support with 147 co-sponsors including both Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Ranking Minority Member Collin Peterson. The bill passed the Committee on a vote of 36 to 3. In December 2003, Congress enacted the Healthy Forests Restoration Act ... Read more »
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research Chairman Frank Lucas today chaired a hearing to review rural development programs and examine the rural development title of the 2002 Farm Bill. The Agriculture Committee provided an estimated $870 million in the 2002 Farm Bill for programs such as rural broadcast and broadband services, rural strategic investment, and rural busi... Read more »
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chairman Jerry Moran today convened a field hearing in Valdosta, Georgia to review federal commodity programs. This is the Subcommittee’s first in a series of hearings to review various aspects of the 2002 Farm Bill which is set to expire in September 2007. Ten Members attended today’s hearing and heard from one panel of witnesses about ... Read more »
Today Chairman Goodlatte announced the new vice Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Richard Pombo, and the addition of Rep. Mike Sodrel to the Committee roster. Subcommittee assignments for Reps. Jean Schmidt and Sodrel were also announced. The Vice Chairman position was formerly held by newly elected House Majority Leader John Boehner. The Republican Steering Committee appointed Rep. Pombo to the pos... Read more »
Today Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chairman Jerry Moran convened a hearing to review the federal crop insurance program. The federal crop insurance program is designed to help agricultural producers mitigate unavoidable risks such as adverse weather, natural disasters, disease and insect infestation that directly affect the agriculture industry. Today’s hearing prov... Read more »
House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Ranking Minority Member Collin Peterson today convened a field hearing in Nebraska City, Nebraska to review the 2002 Farm Bill. Twelve members of the Committee attended today’s hearing and heard from two panels of witnesses about a variety of farm policy issues including commodity programs, the farm economy, renewable energy, rural developm... Read more »
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chairman Jerry Moran today convened a field hearing in the state capitol to review the potential effects of planned Missouri River “spring rises” on crop insurance policies for producers along the river. The U.S Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for operating the River reservoir system for the purposes of flood control, navigation, ... Read more »
