AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE SCHEDULE Week of May 13, 2019 (previously announced) Wednesday, May 15, 2019 – 10:00 AM 1300 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee Hearing RE: “To Review USDA Farm Bill Conservation Programs” Week of May 20, 2019 [NEW] Tuesday, May 21, 2019 – 11:00 AM 1300 Longworth House Office… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, Chair of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations, sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue in advance of a Senate hearing this morning to review the nomination of Naomi Earp as USDA Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. Chair Fudge issued the following statement detailing her concerns with Ms.… Read more »

WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s latest tariff increases: “The Trump Administration’s decision to once again raise tariffs on Chinese goods does nothing but use our farmers as political pawns and further ourselves from a real solution. While I understand that the President… Read more »

WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chairman Filemon Vela of Texas delivered the following opening statement during Thursday’s subcommittee hearing on the state of the farm economy. These remarks are Chairman Vela’s as prepared for delivery. “Good morning and thank you for joining us as we look into this critical aspect of our… Read more »

Week of May 6, 2019 (previously announced) Thursday, May 9, 2019 – 10:00AM 1300 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee Hearing RE: “Reviewing the State of the Farm Economy” Week of May 13, 2019 [NEW] Wednesday, May 15, 2019 – 10:00AM 1300 Longworth House Office Building Washington,… Read more »

Hearing Advisory AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE SCHEDULE Week of May 6, 2019 [NEW] Thursday, May 9, 2019 – 10:00AM 1300 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee RE: “Reviewing the State of the Farm Economy” Read more »

[As prepared for delivery] “Thank you for joining us here today to receive this report on the state of affairs at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. We’re happy to have Chairman Giancarlo with us today, and as this is our first subcommittee hearing, I look forward to a productive Congress alongside the distinguished Ranking Member and my fellow Georgian, Mr. Scott. Before we… Read more »

Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Public Hearing Meeting: To receive testimony from Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, on “The State of the CFTC” Wednesday, May 1, 2019 10:00 a.m. 1300 Longworth House Office Building WITNESS LIST The Honorable J. Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading… Read more »

WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota and a bipartisan delegation of Members of Congress met last week with President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil and President Mauricio Macri of Argentina as part of a trip to review the agricultural trading relationships between the United States and those nations, as well as what downstream effects of changes in U.S.… Read more »

WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee on reviewing the state of the dairy economy. [As prepared for delivery] “America’s dairy industry is in crisis, and today’s hearing is just one part of this subcommittee’s continued effort to respond to the… Read more »