Congressman Bob Smith (R-OR), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, today said that President Clinton's newly released budget for Fiscal Year 1998 genarally keeps most commitments to American agriculture, but found provisions on meat inspection and food stamps troubling. (Audio tape on Smith's reaction to the Administration's budget is available by calling (202) 226-3977. Smith speaks on... Read more »
Oregon Congressman Bob Smith, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, today praised the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) decision not to require farmers to report income from deferred payment contracts on their 1996 tax returns for purposes of computing the alternative minimum tax (AMT). "The IRS has rightly recognized that subjecting farmers to the Alternative Minimum Tax for deferred pay... Read more »
Calling exports the key to stable farm incomes in the era of declining federal involvement in agriculture, Congressman Bob Smith (R-OR), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, today announced that he is leading a trade delegation to Chile and Argentina from January 22 to January 28, to discuss agricultural trade issues. Smith, who has pledged to make increasing agricultural exports a prin... Read more »
Opening Statement Rep. Robert F. (Bob) Smith (R-OR) Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture Field Hearing on Forest Ecosystem Health Sunriver, Oregon January 16, 1997 "Good Morning and welcome to the first hearing of the House Committee on Agriculture on Forest Ecosystem Health. I would like to extend my thanks to both the Members and Witnesses who have traveled here to participate in a discussio... Read more »
Oregon Congressman Bob Smith, Chairman of the House Committe on Agriculture, today asked Secrataries Dan Glickman (Agriculture) and Bruce Babbitt (Interior), as well as Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck, to set the record straight, as a new study shows that the forest service's draft RPA vastly overestimates the value of recreation and that timber management actually contributes the greatest amoun... Read more »
Oregon Congressman Bob Smith, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, today announced a diverse group of witnesses who will testify at the committee's upcoming hearing on forest ecosystem health in Sunriver, Oregon on January 16. Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber (D), James R. Lyons, Agriculture Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and U.S. Forest Service Chief Michael Dombec... Read more »
Congressman Bob Smith, the incoming chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, today announced that the full committee will hold a hearing in Sunriver, Oregon on January 16 to highlight the generally poor state of federal forests and to examine federal forest management. The Agriculture Committee has jurisdiction over the national forest system and oversight responsibility for the Department ... Read more »
