Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, legislation to provide additional COVID-19 response funds for hospitals and small businesses. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) released the following statement after voting in favor of this legislation: “America’s farmers and ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, Congressional leaders arrived at a deal to provide additional funds for both the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL), as well as expand eligibility for the EIDL program to include agricultural enterprises with less than 500 employees. After the announcement, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member K. Michael Conaway ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Friday, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) released the following statement after United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue announced $19 billion in relief funding for American farmers and ranchers: "Tonight's announcement of $19 billion in relief for U.S. farmers and ranchers is an important down payment. Secretary P... Read more »
Washington, D.C. — House Agriculture Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member K. Michael Conaway (R-TX), sent a letter today to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza to urge her to take key steps to ensure SBA programs work on the ground for farmers, ranchers and rural America. "America's farmers and ranchers have been rightly declared a vital part of our country's ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to House passage of the COVID-19 relief bill: “Today, the House passed legislation that will provide immediate economic relief to all Americans to help our country get through these extremely trying times. Included in this relief package is critical help for our farm a... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) issued the following statement in commemoration of National Agriculture Day: “Our country is blessed with the safest, most abundant, and most affordable food and fiber supply in the world. "The COVID-19 pandemic has made us question what life would be like if we could not buy what we need to feed and care for o... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Agriculture Committee’s Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee held a hearing to examine U.S. agricultural trade from the perspective of stakeholders. After the hearing, Subcommittee Ranking Member David Rouzer (NC-7) and Committee Ranking Member K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) made the following remarks: “There is no question that trade is vitally important ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue testified before the House Agriculture Committee on the “State of the Rural Economy.” Following the hearing, Ranking Member K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) released this statement: “Between a brutal string of natural disasters, a continued slump in the rural economy, and the impacts of nearly 30 years of predatory tr... Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Agriculture Committee’s Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee held a hearing to examine how innovative wood products can promote rural economies and healthy forests. After the hearing, Subcommittee Ranking Member Doug LaMalfa (CA-1) released the following remarks: “Federal forest lands are economic drivers for many rural communities, but due to the decline in t... Read more »
Washington, DC – House Agriculture Committee’s Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee Chair David Scott and Ranking Member Austin Scott, both of Georgia, issued the following statement Thursday after meeting with financial market regulators from the European Commission (EC) to discuss new amendments to the European Union’s European Market Infrastructure Regulations (EMIR 2.2) that co... Read more »
