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Thompson: “President Biden has once again turned his back on rural America”

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Yesterday, President Biden vetoed a bipartisan Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture and cosponsor of the resolution, issued the following statement: “Both the House and Senate voted in a bipartisan manner to vacate this Administration’s disastrous WOTUS rule. America’s farme...

Chairman Thompson Touts Passage of Lower Energy Costs Act

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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act. Upon passage, Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, issued the following statement: “With today’s passage of the Lower Energy Costs Act, House Republicans have delivered on our commitment to American energy independence. Since day one of this Administration, our energy re...

Chairman Thompson Votes to Vacate Biden Administration's Flawed WOTUS Rule

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Today, the House of Representatives passed H.J. Res 27, a Waters of the United States (WOTUS) resolution of disapproval. The legislation was sponsored by House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee Chairman Sam Graves (MO-06) and T&I Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (NC-07). Prior to passage, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture and a cospons...

Ag Budget Views and Estimates Letter Advances Out of Committee

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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the House Committee on Agriculture convened a business meeting to consider its budget views and estimates letter for the 2024 fiscal year. After the letter was reported favorably out of Committee, Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson issued the following statement: “The Committee’s budget views and estimates letter outlines a clear, bipartisan blueprint to invest in the hardworking...

Chairman Thompson Reflects on Today's Hearing on the Challenges Facing American Agriculture

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Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, delivered the closing remarks below following today's full committee hearing entitled "Uncertainty, Inflation, Regulations: Challenges for American Agriculture." "Today’s hearing has really shined a spotlight on the issues confronting producers and the entire agriculture sector from the farm to the consumer. "Whether it is m...

Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Scott Announce Subcommittee Rosters for 118th Congress

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Today, House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) and Ranking Member David Scott (GA-13) finalized subcommittee rosters for the 118th Congress. Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Republican Members include: Rep. Austin Scott (GA-08), Chairman Rep. Rick Crawford (AR-01) Rep. Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) Rep. David Rouzer (NC-07) Rep. Dusty Johnson...

Chairman Thompson Releases Statement on Updated CBO Baseline

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Following the release of the Congressional Budget Office's updated baseline projections, Glenn "GT" Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, issued the following statement: “Today’s CBO baseline release underscores what I have been consistently hearing from producers across the country—in light of record high input costs and volatile markets and weather, improvements to farm polic...

Chairman Thompson Announces Full Committee Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress

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Today, Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, announced the Committee Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress. WHAT: A meeting to consider organizational matters of the Committee on Agriculture for the 118th Congress and the Oversight Plan for the Committee on Agriculture for the 118th Congress. WHEN: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 TIME: 9:30 AM ET LOCATION: 1...

Thompson Announces Subcommittee Chairs and Jurisdiction for the 118th Congress

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Today, Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, announced subcommittee Chairs and jurisdiction for the 118th Congress: "I'm excited to welcome this talented slate of subcommittee Chairs for the 118th Congress. Their expertise and partnership are essential to fulfilling this Committee’s mandate of delivering certainty and prosperity to American agriculture a...

Thompson Joins Committee Chairmen and GOP Colleagues in Cosponsoring WOTUS Resolution of Disapproval

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Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, cosponsored a Waters of the United States (WOTUS) resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) introduced today. The resolution was led by Rep. Sam Graves (MO-06), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, and Rep. David Rouzer (NC-07), Chairman of the T&I Water Resources Subcom...