COMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING TO REVIEW MULTILATERAL AND BILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ‘U.S. Agriculture Depends on Exports and a Vibrant Trade Policy,’ Goodlatte Says The House Committee on Agriculture today held a hearing to review multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations, during which they heard from representatives of major agricultural organizations, all representing crops grown in the United S... Read more »
AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING ON COMMODITY FUTURES MODERNIZATION Hears from Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Congressman Jerry Moran, Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, today chaired a hearing to review the regulatory and enforcement activity since the passage of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. Testifyi... Read more »
AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING TO REVIEW CONSERVATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSERVATION TITLE OF THE 2002 FARM BILL Subcommittee Chairman Lucas Says, ‘We will make sure that the implementation process is fair and equitable’ Congressman Frank Lucas, Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research, convened... Read more »
COMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING TO REVIEW MANDATORY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING The House Committee on Agriculture today held a hearing to review mandatory country or origin labeling. The Committee heard from the Administration, producers, packers, processors and retailers, now that they have had time to review the law and gauge its potential impact. The 2002 Farm Bill contained language requiring that ret... Read more »
Chairman Bob Goodlattee, Ranking Minority Member Charlie Stenholm, and other members of the House Agriculture Committee met this week with Ambassador Daniel G. Amstutz, Secretary Veneman’s choice to lead the U.S. agricultural reconstruction efforts in Iraq, regarding the Administration’s plans for reconstruction of the agriculture sector in the country. Ambassador Amstutz is serving as the USDA’s ... Read more »
AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING TO REVIEW FINANCIAL CONDITION OF CROP INSURANCE Hearing Also Addresses Implementation of the Agriculture Risk Protection Act Congressman Jerry Moran, Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, today chaired a hearing on the crop insurance program and the implementation of the Agriculture Risk Protection Act... Read more »
COMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING ON THE STATUS OF THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS ON AGRICULTURE Goodlatte Says, ‘The Voices of America’s Farmers and Ranchers Must be Heard in the WTO Negotiations’ The House Committee on Agriculture today held a hearing on the current status of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations on agriculture, the wide range of positions taken by other countries in these negotiations and ef... Read more »
Joint Statement From Agriculture Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, Ranking Member Charlie Stenholm, Livestock and Horticulture Subcommittee Chairman Robin Hayes and Ranking Member Mike Ross Regarding Canada’s Announcement of BSE Investigation “We have been in contact with the Department of Agriculture and Canadian officials regarding this investigation. They are keeping us apprised of the situatio... Read more »
HOUSE PASSES BI-PARTISAN HEALTHY FORESTS LEGISLATION Bill Moves One Step Closer to Becoming Law The House today, by a vote of 256-170 passed critical legislation to protect our nation’s forests from future catastrophic wildfires. The legislation will now move to the Senate for consideration. “Our nation’s forest and rangeland ecosystems are in crisis,” Chairman Goodlatte said. “These precious reso... Read more »
AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING ON THE STATE OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY Subcommittee Chairman Gutknecht Says ‘America’s Dairy Producers are Facing Difficult Times…’ Congressman Gil Gutknecht, Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, convened his first hearing today to review the state of the nation’s dairy industry and gather in... Read more »
