Ag Chairman Combest notes USDA support for House funding approach February 4, 2002 -- House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest (R-Texas) welcomed the President's strong commitment to full farm bill funding in the coming year's budget proposal released Monday. In particular, Ag Chairman Combest noted the President's Budget tracks the House-passed farm bill funding approach of consistent l... Read more »
President's Farm Budget Commitment Solid Ag Chairman Combest hails Bush support for ten-year $73.5 billion funding December 21, 2001 – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest issued the following statement after releasing a letter Friday from the President's Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels: "President Bush has made an unquestionable commitment for producers, and t... Read more »
Arkansas Senator Tim Hutchinson moves for vote on House-based bill December 19, 2001 – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest commended Arkansas Senator Tim Hutchinson for giving farmers a real prospect of getting a finalized farm bill this year by urging the Senate to pass the House-based farm bill. The Hutchinson provision already has the bi-partisan support of Senators who cosponsor... Read more »
December 14, 2001 – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest (R-Texas) said Friday that with the still-unfinished Senate farm bill growing to nearly a thousand pages while the end of the year is growing near, the farmer's best option of seeing a finalized farm bill this year is to adopt the bi-partisan, broad-based "Farm Security Act" (H.R. 2646), passed by the House more than two months... Read more »
December 6, 2001 – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest was sharply critical of Senate Democrat Majority Leader Tom Daschle's decision not to cooperate with the House to complete a farm bill this year. Commenting Thursday morning to reporters as to why he is not finalizing a farm bill into law this year, Daschle counts on a narrow time window before a new budget process begins when C... Read more »
(December 5, 2001) – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest (R-Texas) today strongly urged Senators Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) to complete Senate work on a farm bill this week. "Farmers have waited three weeks for the Senate's Majority Leader Daschle and Ag Chairman Harkin to bring their own farm bill to final passage. The Senate's bill has been ready since November 15, a... Read more »
November 30, 2001 – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest (R-Texas) issued the following statement regarding presidential Trade Promotion Authority: Last June when I removed my name as a cosponsor of the trade negotiating authority bill, I did so reluctantly because I knew of the President's strong commitment to United States farmers and ranchers and the fact that he has stated repeat... Read more »
November 15, 2001 -- "I am pleased the Senate Ag. Committee has taken further action today and hope that this action will move the process forward in producing a much needed farm bill this year. I am concerned, however, that the bill that passed the Committee appears to exceed the agreed upon budget allocation and thus cannot move forward as written. I am also concerned that the process in the Sen... Read more »
USDA Biosecurity Programs and Authorities Reviewed November 15, 2001 –Chairman Larry Combest (R-TX) and members of the House Agriculture Committee convened today to review the biosecurity programs and authorities of the United States Department of Agriculture. (USDA). The September 11th attacks have reinforced the Committee's desire to ensure that the nation's food supply is protected from potenti... Read more »
Combest, Stenholm vow continued support for strong U.S. negotiating position at WTO November 14, 2001 – The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture reacted positively to today's new launch of trade negotiations. Citing foreign tariffs on food and agricultural products that average a high of 62% against U.S. goods, Chairman Larry Combest (R-Texas) and Ranking... Read more »
