Congressman Bob Smith (R-OR), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, and Congressman Charlie Stenholm (D-TX), Ranking Minority Member, in a letter today urged President Clinton to abslove food and agricultural commodities from sanctions against countries conducting nuclear testing, in accordance with the law. On Thursday, President Clinton called for wide-ranging sanctions against Pakista... Read more »
Congressman Bob Smith (R-Or), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, and Congressman Charlie Stenholm (D-TX), the Committee's Ranking Member, today pledged continued support of International Monetary Fund (IMF) assistance for Asia to aid countries affected by the Asian financial crisis and lessen the potentially devastating impact on America's farmers and ranchers. Today, Federal Reserve ... Read more »
By unanimous vote the House Committee on Resources today passed the Rogue River National Forest Building Conveyance Act (H.R. 3796), Congressman Bob Smith's (R-OR) bill to increase management efficiency of Oregon's public lands. H.R. 3796, which was approved by the Resources Forest and Forest Health Subcommittee on May 7th, would provide for the Medford Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Unit... Read more »
Congressman Bob Smith (R-OR), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, announced today that he and Ranking Member Charlie Stenholm (D-TX) will hold a hearing Thursday, May 21, 1998 to discuss the effect of the Asian finacial crisis on U.S. Agriculture and the importance of funding the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Immediately following the hearing, Members of the Agriculture Committee and... Read more »
At a joint hearing of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research and the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, Chairmen Larry Combest (R-TX) and Richard Pombo (R-CA), respectively, questioned the need for new EPA regulations regarding livestock feeding operations and called for more effective enforcement of current rules. Despite significant curren... Read more »
Congressman Bob Smith (R-OR), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, at a hearing today addressed issues surrounding U.S. agricultural trade with Asia and the Pacific Region in preparation for the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) multilateral negotiations. "The major issues between the U.S. and our trading partners in this region include sanitary and phytosanitary measures that are use... Read more »
The House Resources Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health yesterday passed two bills sponsored by Congressman Bob Smith (R-OR), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, designed to increase management efficiency of public lands in Oregon. Smith's first bill, H.R. 3796, would expand upon the cooperative working relationship between the Rogue River National Forest and Medford Bureau of La... Read more »
Congressman Bob Smith (R-Or), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, at a full committee oversight hearing today pressed Chief Mike Domback of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to produce a budget request that achieves his stated goals for improving forest managment. In testimony before the Agriculture Committee last Fall and again in his "Natural Resources Agenda for the 21st Century," Chief D... Read more »
Congressman Bob Smith (R-OR), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, introduced legislation (H.R. 3765) yesterday which would gradually increase the fees paid by current holders of Forest Service Recreational Dwelling Permits while allowing for their transfer. Congress began authorizing permits to individuals to construct and maintain dwellings in the National Forests in 1915. These permi... Read more »
In testimony submitted to the House Resources Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Tuesday, Congressman Bob Smith (R-Or), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, said he will work with the Forest Service on his legislation (H.R. 3187) to reform the strict liability policy as applied to not-for-profit rural electric cooperatives. Many Western states have not-for-profit cooperatives wit... Read more »
