The U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed an initiative offered by Oregon Congressman Bob Smith that would enable the Bureau of Reclamation to provide financial assistance to farmers in southern Oregon for the design and construction of fish passage facilities in the Rogue River Basin. By a unanimous voice vote, the House today passed the Water-Related Technical Corrections Act... Read more »
The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Eduction Reauthorization Act of 1997 (H.R. 2534), the first comprehensive overhaul of the nation's federal agricultural research programs in twenty years, but the measure faced grave difficulties, as some members used a rare parlimentary maneuver to prevent the bill from advancing to a conference com... Read more »
Led by Congressman Bob Smith, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, the Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation, and Research today passed the Forest Recovery and Protection Act (H.R. 2515), Smith's nationwide forest health legislation to provide for better forest science, more agency accountability, and on-the-ground results that rehabiliate and protect America's pre... Read more »
By a unanimous voice vote, the House Committee on Agriculture on Wednesday, October 29th approved the Agricultural, Research, Extension, and Education Reauthorization Act of 1997 (H.R. 2534), approving the first comprehensive overhaul of agricultural research programs since 1997 for consideration by the full House of Representatives. On Wednesday, October 29th, the Committee adopted by voice vote ... Read more »
Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Departmental Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture and a leading congressional critic of food stamp waste, fraud, and abuse, today announced that his legislation encouraging stepped-up USDA inspections of stores that accept food stamps has saved taxpayers millions of dollars. Last year, as part of the Welfa... Read more »
Rep. Bob Smith (R-OR), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, today announced that the Forage Improvement Act of 1997 (H.R. 2493), his legislation to improve the management of federal lands and provide greater stability and certainty for western family ranchers, could be considered by the full House of Representatives as early as Wednesday, October 29. The House Rules Committee will meet ... Read more »
Oregon Congressman Bob Smith, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture and formerly undecided on extending fast track trade negotiating authority, today announced his enthusiastic support for fast track and extolled free trade's benefits for agriculture. Smith, who has made reducing international barriers to American farm products and increasing agriculture exports a top priority in the 105t... Read more »
Acting to help dairy farmers whose products are removed from the market through no fault of their own, the House of Representatives today passed H.R. 1789, a reauthorization of USDA's Dairy Indemnity Program, as well as two other agriculture measures. H.R. 1789, which passed the House by voice vote, reauthorizes the Dairy Indemnity Program (DIP) through FY2002, requires the Secretary of Agricultur... Read more »
