Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Austin Scott (GA-8), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit, held a hearing to examine tightening credit conditions in farm country. This is the second in a series of hearings entitled Focus on the Farm Economy, where each subcommittee will examine the growing pressure in rural America from the perspectiv... Read more »
Remarks as prepared: Good morning, and welcome to today’s hearing. This is the second in a series of hearings that each subcommittee is holding on the state of the farm economy. As we know, the agricultural economy is highly cyclical. Given the recent 56 percent drop in net farm income and the hard times that inevitably come along with that, I believe it is important to hold hearings like the one ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) issued a statement following the passage of legislation to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. “I applaud Chairman Roberts and my counterparts on the Senate Agriculture Committee for their work in moving this CFTC reauthori... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a hearing on the growing financial pressures faced by U.S. farmers and ranchers. Conditions in farm country today contrast sharply with those during the formulation of the 2014 Farm Bill. While high prices for many farm commodities led to tremendous growth in net farm incom... Read more »
Remarks as prepared: As many of you know, this is the first hearing in a series focused on the farm economy. Every subcommittee will play a role in highlighting current conditions on our farms and ranches and in rural America today. Today, the economic conditions in farm and ranch country are fundamentally different than the conditions we faced when we crafted the 2014 Farm Bill. In just three yea... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to examine the oil and gas industry’s impact on rural America. While the committee focuses primarily on the economic impacts of agriculture, many rural communities that depend upon agriculture also rely upon the economic activity generated by energy production. Today’s hearing allowed committee Members to focus on upstream oi... Read more »
Remarks as prepared for delivery: Good morning, and welcome to today’s hearing. This committee is charged with the responsibility of representing rural America and the economies that drive those communities. As such, we will continue to diligently review the farm economy, especially given the recent 56 percent drop in net farm income and the hard times that inevitably come along with that. I, alon... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) delivered remarks on the House floor in favor of H.R. 1567, the Global Food Security Act of 2016. Watch the video and view the official remarks below. Remarks as prepared for delivery: "Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1567, the Global Food Security Act of 2016. "With the world population rapidly i... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) sent a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), requesting information regarding EPA’s $3 million cooperative agreement with the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission that funded an advocacy campaign attacking farmers and ranchers in Washington State. The advoca... Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research gathered to hear a presentation by the National 4-H Conference participants concerning the future of agriculture in the United States. The National 4-H Organization is the nation’s largest youth development organization that serves to help its six million student members better understand the ... Read more »
