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Hearing "Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and Abroad"
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026 · Transcript · 27 transcript matches
CRAIG, ANGIE "Mr. Franke, let me start with you. While there are a number of good farm policy changes contained within the House version of the Farm Bill that passed, you've remarked to the press that the Farm Bill passed by the House would have little impact on farmers' bottom lines in the midst of a very serious economic downturn. You've also noted that farmers have become increasingly reliant on ad hoc"
Hearing Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural Act of 2026".
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026 · Transcript · 26 transcript matches
MORAN, JERRY "producers. The success of this program depends upon the American farmer and it seems to me no one knows the American farmer better than USDA as far as a federal government agency. And over the past year, under an interagency agreement, the Department of State, USDA has demonstrated that has both the expertise and capacity, the capability to deliver commodities to countries around the globe. The language, this language provides what USDA currently doesn't have. The certainty to ensure the program continues to operate effectively and efficiently for years to come. The Farm Bill, this Farm Bill..."
Hearing "Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025 · Transcript · 21 transcript matches
ALISHA SCHWERTNER "Failure to pass a modernized Farm Bill provides so much uncertainty for us, and I realize we're running out of time here, but, you know, it's imperative. So much has changed since 2018. 2018 was a good Farm Bill, but it's so urgent during this time with commodity prices where they're at and input prices where they're at that we receive some relief through a Farm Bill that provides certainty. Thank you. Thank you for your question. Certainly timely reauthorization would help. You know, times change so quickly in the world that we live in. It's been roughly, what, six, seven years since we've..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural Act of 2026".
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026 · Transcript · 14 transcript matches
KLOBUCHAR, AMY "We will do that by working with the House leaders. We will do that by working on the remaining issues, and that is key when you see what our farmers and ranchers are facing right now throughout our country, the headwinds of the tariffs, the headwinds of the closing of the Straits of Hormuz, the cost of fertilizer have all hit them very hard, and that makes it even more imperative that we get this farm bill done. Having spent August in multiple farms and ranches, I truly believe this. But there's another need right now out there, and that is our families and the people of this country who have..."
CRS Report
Budget Issues That Shaped the 2018 Farm Bill
Reports · Feb 28, 2019
The farm bill is an omnibus, multiyear law that governs an array of agricultural and food programs. The farm bill has typically undergone reauthorization about every five years. The current farm...
CRS Report
Farm Bills: Major Legislative Actions, 19652026
Report · Sep 23, 2026
The farm bill provides an opportunity for Congress to address agricultural and food issues comprehensively about every five years. Over time, farm bills have tended to become more complicated and...
CRS Report
Agricultural Conservation and the Next Farm Bill
Reports · Mar 20, 2023
The agricultural conservation title of omnibus farm bills contains authorizing and amending language to existing and new voluntary resource conservation efforts on productive farm and ranch lands....
CRS Report
Farm Commodity Provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill (P.L. 115-334)
Reports · May 21, 2019
The farm commodity program provisions in Title I of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-334; the 2018 farm bill) include revenue support programs for major program crops and permanent...
CRS Report
Farm Bill Primer: Energy Title
InFocus · Mar 16, 2026
Omnibus farm bills have been enacted periodically to address agricultural and food programs. The most recent farm bill—the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 farm bill; P.L. 115-334)—contains...
CRS Report
SNAP and Related Nutrition Provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill (P.L. 113-79)
Reports · Apr 24, 2014
After action to reauthorize the 2008 farm bill in both the 112th and 113th Congresses, the Agriculture Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-79; “2014 farm bill”) was enacted on February 7, 2014. In addition to farm...
CRS Report
Farm Bill Primer: Overview and Status
InFocus · May 7, 2026
A farm bill is a collection of laws and changes to laws that authorize, reauthorize, or amend various food, agriculture, and rural policies. Congress has passed farm bills about every five years for...
CRS Report
Expiration of the 2018 Farm Bill and Extension for 2025
Reports · Dec 26, 2024
The farm bill is an omnibus, multiyear law that governs an array of agricultural and food programs. It provides an opportunity for policymakers to address a broad range of agricultural and food...
CRS Report
The Farm Bill Energy Title: An Overview and Funding History
Reports · Oct 28, 2021
Title IX, the energy title, of the 2018 farm bill (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; P.L. 115-334) contains authority for the energy programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
CRS Report
Agricultural Conservation in the 2018 Farm Bill
Reports · Apr 18, 2019
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 farm bill, P.L. 115-334, Title II) included a number of changes to agricultural conservation programs, including reauthorizing and amending existing...
CRS Report
Farm Bill Primer: Farm Safety Net Programs
Resources · Sep 22, 2022
The so-called federal “farm safety net” is a collection of programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that provide risk protection and income support to farmers in the United...
CRS Report
2018 Farm Bill Primer: Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
InFocus · Mar 8, 2019
The farm bill is an omnibus, multiyear law that governs an array of agricultural and food programs. It provides an opportunity for policymakers to comprehensively and periodically address...
CRS Report
Farm Bill Primer: PLC and ARC Farm Support Programs
Resources · May 16, 2022
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 farm bill, P.L. 115-334) reauthorized the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) programs for crop years 2019-2023. These...
CRS Report
Farm Bill Primer: MAL and LDP Farm Support Programs
Resources · Jun 22, 2022
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 farm bill; P.L. 115-334) reauthorized the Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payment (LDP) programs for crop years 2019-2023. The MAL...
CRS Report
Introduction to the Farm Bill: Videos
Reports · Mar 27, 2023
This report constitutes a guide to a series of video presentations that examine the various programs and policies that comprise omnibus legislation on farm and food policy, commonly known as “the...
Testimony BOOZMAN, JOHN
Hearings to examine tracking prediction markets' exponential growth, f...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"and sticking in the farm bill, the problem there is that you're conflating issues. There's a lot of people that are working hard on the farm bill, and the farm bill's the farm bill, but this really doesn't have anything to do with the farm bill. See what I'm saying? It'd be like you having an important bill and somebody sticking the farm bill in your"
Testimony ALISHA SCHWERTNER
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"Failure to pass a modernized Farm Bill provides so much uncertainty for us, and I realize we're running out of time here, but, you know, it's imperative. So much has changed since 2018. 2018 was a good Farm Bill, but it's so urgent during this time with commodity prices where they're at and input prices where they're at that we receive some relief through a Farm Bill that provides certainty. Thank you. Thank you for your question. Certainly timely reauthorization would help. You know, times..."
Hearing "For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture"
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
THOMPSON, GLENN "fertilizer production, but also, you know, easing up with some counter duties, you know, to be able to get, you know, more of those important inputs into the United States, you know, to bring those costs down. And so, Madam Secretary, I appreciate your vision. I appreciate your leadership. And I think I also appreciate, you know, my colleagues who have supported Farm Bill 1.0, that you're now currently implementing all the provisions within that second title, the agriculture title, which I wish we'd have called it the Farm Bill title of the one big beautiful bill. And I appreciate all my..."
Testimony COSTA, JIM
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"And of course, we haven't set the production cost since 2010. We hope to rectify that in the Farm Bill. And by the way, I hope there is bipartisan support on the reauthorization of the Farm Bill. We all need it throughout the Farm Bill. Would you not agree? So how do we make the crop insurance effort more user friendly to the specialty crop industry, which, by the way, is not just California, but spread around the"
Testimony ALISHA SCHWERTNER
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"to what has been stated already. Failure to pass a modernized Farm Bill provides so much uncertainty for us, and I realize we're running out of time here, but, you know, it's imperative. So much has changed since 2018. 2018 was a good Farm Bill, but it's so urgent during this time with commodity prices where they're at and input prices where they're at that we receive some relief through a Farm Bill that provides certainty. Thank you. Thank you for your question. Certainly timely..."
Testimony MORAN, JERRY
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"producers. The success of this program depends upon the American farmer and it seems to me no one knows the American farmer better than USDA as far as a federal government agency. And over the past year, under an interagency agreement, the Department of State, USDA has demonstrated that has both the expertise and capacity, the capability to deliver commodities to countries around the globe. The language, this language provides what USDA currently doesn't have. The certainty to ensure the..."
Testimony ZIPPY DUVALL
Hearings to examine increasing domestic consumption of United States-g...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Mar 10, 2026
"Title I programs come into effect. So, it is vitally important that we not only get a new farm bill, modernized farm bill, and finish it out, but it's also vitally important that we have more bridge payments and a real focus on"
Hearing Hearings to examine tracking prediction markets' exponential growth, focusing on tribal implications and beyond.
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
BOOZMAN, JOHN "and sticking in the farm bill, the problem there is that you're conflating issues. There's a lot of people that are working hard on the farm bill, and the farm bill's the farm bill, but this really doesn't have anything to do with the farm bill. See what I'm saying? It'd be like you having an important bill and somebody sticking the farm bill in your"
Hearing "Reviewing Partnerships to Enhance Management of the National Forest System"
house Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
THOMPSON, GLENN "enhancements to authorities that allow them to engage in critical partnerships with organizations like those that we have sitting before us today. These improvements have become increasingly important in recent years as wildfires and forest health crisis in this country has continued. This is why the time to act is now. I'm proud of the work that the House Committee on Agriculture has done over the last several years, and I'm proud of the bipartisan vote that our farm bill recently received on the floor of the House. With the release of text this week, I strongly encourage the Senate to act..."
Testimony BOOZMAN, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"to the risks that farmers face every day. The bill before you today, Farm Bill 2.0, is a sincere attempt to finalize our work for the farmers, ranchers, and producers in rural communities that are the backbone of our nation and give them the five-year farm bill they deserve. Beyond that, this"
Testimony FEENSTRA, RANDY
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"You know, and then, obviously, soft ethanol market, Mr. Weinzerl, you noted that. I mean, there's a lot of challenges. And yet, we have this Farm Bill. We have this Farm Bill that has this great opportunity, and, you know, when it talks about we talk about crop insurance, that safety net, export FMD map that we could do, foreign animals and diseases, how we can start looking at this and changing the trajectory of what's happening there. And then, obviously, reference prices, right? But there's..."
Testimony MORAN, JERRY
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"appropriations and the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Shaheen. We had a recently, a recent conversation, as recent as yesterday, and I made to her a commitment that we will continue to work. There are a couple of things that are broader issues in here that we have some disagreement on, but nothing that should stand in the way of missing the opportunity for us to add this legislation to a Farm Bill, and particularly a Farm Bill that I hope that becomes law soon. So..."
Testimony THUNE, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Many of us on this committee, I've been on the Ag Committee in the House and the Senate for pretty much every, maybe with one exception for two years in my time in Congress both House and Senate. So this is my fifth Farm Bill and on every Farm Bill those of us who represent production agriculture states, you know have particular titles of the bill that we care a lot about, commodity, conservation, disaster, credit, things like"
Testimony CRAIG, ANGIE
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"And that's before the additional uncertainty injected into the conversation these past three weeks. Consider grant dollars to farmers appropriated by Congress and already under contract with USDA have been frozen, trade wars with our largest trading partners and largest export markets have been threatened. Food grown in America is rotting in a warehouse in Texas. We all know, just like before, that trade wars will inevitably lead to retaliatory tariffs on American farmers. We know that cutting..."
Testimony TAYLOR, DAVID J.
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"Thank you, Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, for holding this hearing today, and my thanks go to our witnesses for their time and insight as well. Looking forward to working with you and President Trump and the rest of my colleagues to pass a full five-year Farm Bill of this Congress, a Farm Bill that promotes crop insurance, expands trade into new markets, and invests in the next generation of"
Testimony ALISHA SCHWERTNER
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"Those are conversations that I hope that my children don't have to have if they do choose to take over the operation. I am hopeful that as a committee we can continue to evaluate the Farm Bill and the progress towards Farm Bills now and in the future that will enable future generations to continue."
Testimony ALISHA SCHWERTNER
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"a rural Farm Bill. It is for all rural communities, and agriculture supports rural communities. We provide hundreds of jobs, millions of jobs to those in our local communities. We support local businesses, the cotton gins, the grain facilities, grocery stores, local meat processors, you name it. We support all of those local businesses. So the Farm Bill and getting across a modernized Farm Bill means not just supporting farmers and ranchers, but it means supporting the rural communities across..."
Testimony THOMPSON, GLENN
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"fertilizer production, but also, you know, easing up with some counter duties, you know, to be able to get, you know, more of those important inputs into the United States, you know, to bring those costs down. And so, Madam Secretary, I appreciate your vision. I appreciate your leadership. And I think I also appreciate, you know, my colleagues who have supported Farm Bill 1.0, that you're now currently implementing all the provisions within that second title, the agriculture title, which I wish..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"The mother who's about to give a baby, deliver a baby, faces a longer trip. Same thing is true across the board when it comes to clinics and health care provisions. Now, some people argue, you shouldn't be putting this in the Farm Bill. There are plenty of other places to debate it. I disagree. We have a section of this Farm Bill before us today on rural development. Do you know what it considers? Utilities, water, electricity, entrepreneurship, basic quality of life for farmers and farm..."
Testimony CRAIG, ANGIE
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"Mr. Franke, let me start with you. While there are a number of good farm policy changes contained within the House version of the Farm Bill that passed, you've remarked to the press that the Farm Bill passed by the House would have little impact on farmers' bottom lines in the midst of a very serious economic downturn. You've also noted that farmers have become increasingly reliant on ad hoc"
Testimony HARRIS, MARK
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank each of you on the panel that have come to share with us today. I must say as a freshman member, it has been eye opening to witness how this branch of government often neglects to do its job year after year. We fail to conduct proper oversight and authorized programs, which leads to where we are today, and producers are only seeing a rise in income because of federal disaster spending, and the accumulation of ad hoc spending far exceeded any estimates of the..."
Testimony DURBIN, RICHARD J.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Tabling the ruling of the Chair. I'm going to be very brief. I came to the House of Representatives in 1982, serving on the House Ag Committee and then the Ag Appropriations Committee. So I defer to my friend from Iowa when it comes to seniority, but I've seen a few farm bills. What I learned from the start is that the farmers and farm states are left to it by themselves, and they do not have the political muscle to pass a farm bill. The decision was made in the 1960s to blend together food and..."
Testimony BROWN, SHONTEL M.
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"left many U.S. farmers struggling to sell their crops, leading to record-high farm bankruptcies and closures. While bailout payments were issued to offset some of the damage, they failed to provide a sustainable solution or address long-term losses in market share. This is why passing a farm bill is so important. Last Congress, I was Ranking Member of the General Farm Commodities Risk Management and Credit Subcommittee, and the number one thing I heard from farmers was the desire for a strong,..."
Testimony JOHN NEWTON
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"The support that we have for MAP and FMD funding has been stagnant for years. So just a regular old Farm Bill is not going to cut it. It has to be an enhanced Farm Bill. That's what agriculture"
Testimony DAVIDS, SHARICE
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"Well, thank you for that, and given the context that we're working in with uncertainty of the farm bill, Ms. Schwertner, I was hoping to hear about the lack of the multi-farm bill and uncertainty around potential changes and policies. I know you have talked a little bit about uncertainty, but if there's any specific areas of uncertainty that you wanted to kind of touch on in this last 48"
Testimony MESSMER, MARK B.
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"You can't prove what you don't measure. Well, thank you. The Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act, which included in the House-passed Farm Bill, is a solution to that data problem and a demand driver for Hoosier farmers. This committee's Farm Bill meaningfully invests in rural communities and facilities, long-term profitability for American producers. To oppose the Farm Bill is just to turn your back on the American farmer. I want to thank the witnesses for your time. And with that, I yield back. To..."
Testimony SCOTT, AUSTIN
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"The reference prices no longer reflect the cost of production for America's farmers. And I will tell you, I'm concerned that they're moving so fast that I truly think after this farm bill, we probably need to get to a three-year cycle, not a five-year cycle on the farm bill because of the speed at which things are changing. Dr. Newton, I'll just stick with you since I'm down to one"
Testimony MANN, TRACEY
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"And you can't dramatically increase input costs and think that the farm safety net doesn't also need to be looked at and adjusted. So my top priority, as we think about the farm bill this year, and it's not going to certainly solve all of our producers' problems, but we've got to get a five-year farm bill, in my view, that strengthens crop insurance, which I would argue is the most"
Testimony THOMPSON, GLENN
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. F...
house Agriculture Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Chief, I appreciate the work that you, the Forest Service and this administration have been doing over the past year and a half to improve how the agency functions and encourage urgently needed management. Over multiple farm bills, the committee has continually supported the Forest Service in these endeavors and we're again trying to build on these prior successes by getting new farm bill, the new farm bill across the finish line this year. And while there's no shortage of relevant topics..."
Testimony THOMPSON, GLENN
"Reviewing Partnerships to Enhance Management of the National Forest S...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"enhancements to authorities that allow them to engage in critical partnerships with organizations like those that we have sitting before us today. These improvements have become increasingly important in recent years as wildfires and forest health crisis in this country has continued. This is why the time to act is now. I'm proud of the work that the House Committee on Agriculture has done over the last several years, and I'm proud of the bipartisan vote that our farm bill recently received on..."
Testimony ALISHA SCHWERTNER
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"We also support those local businesses, the cotton gins, the grain facilities, local beef processing facilities, the schools. So many of those businesses in our local communities are supported by farmers and ranchers. So the Farm Bill truly is not just for farmers and ranchers. It's to impact all rural communities across America. So it's vitally important that we get a modernized Farm Bill that supports farmers and ranchers so that our local rural communities can continue to be supported as..."
Testimony SMITH, TINA
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Smith number four, the FDIPR Tribal Food Sovereignty Act. Mr. Chair, you and I have spoken about these issues I think for actually many years. Over the course of many years, tribal nations around the country have come together to put together a slew of native farm bill provisions that have been, almost all of them have been bipartisan and really focused on how we can make that the farm bill really meets and addresses the needs of native people and that's what this amendment is all about. This..."
Hearing Hearings to examine increasing domestic consumption of United States-grown agricultural products.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Mar 10, 2026 · Transcript
ZIPPY DUVALL "Title I programs come into effect. So, it is vitally important that we not only get a new farm bill, modernized farm bill, and finish it out, but it's also vitally important that we have more bridge payments and a real focus on"
Hearing "For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from Chief Tom Schultz, U.S. Forest Service"
house Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
THOMPSON, GLENN "Chief, I appreciate the work that you, the Forest Service and this administration have been doing over the past year and a half to improve how the agency functions and encourage urgently needed management. Over multiple farm bills, the committee has continually supported the Forest Service in these endeavors and we're again trying to build on these prior successes by getting new farm bill, the new farm bill across the finish line this year. And while there's no shortage of relevant topics before us today, I'm particularly interested in hearing more about the ongoing reorganization plans to..."
Hearing Hearings to examine AI and the American dream, focusing on promoting innovation, affordability and American dominance.
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 11, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_17 "There are better ways to collect information, especially through payroll data and other sources that are currently being deployed. But I would say that it's this, right? The Farm Bill eventually transformed farming across the Corn Belt, but it required the right conditions. Congress can help create those conditions for"
Hearing An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript
BOOKER, CORY A. "from everybody madam secretary I this is bigger than you and and and frankly both parties I think have been rather feckless and dealing with the larger under the Obama administration I have seen Trump one I've seen Biden I've seen Trump too and the trends are staggering what we're seeing in our country when it comes to farmers and even since our last farm bill we've lost over a hundred and fifty thousand farms in our country it's 51 farmers families losing their farms every single day it's a staggering reality and I've met with so many farmers who tell a story about the economics of farming..."
Hearing Markup of Sixteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Sep 16, 2026 · Transcript
SOTO, DARREN "Thankfully, Florida hasn't seen the screw worm, but we need to be vigilant on that. There's a couple things we could do to help them. One is pass a farm bill, and the other is to help finish the job on rural broadband. Right now, the process has been"
Testimony TAYLOR, DAVID J.
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"I appreciate your commitment to following up on that. We did submit a bill, the Farm Bill, to codify that. That's right. Hopefully, that gets done soon, as well as your attention to the snap fry that we've talked about a lot"
Testimony SPEAKER_17
Hearings to examine AI and the American dream, focusing on promoting i...
senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Jun 11, 2026
"There are better ways to collect information, especially through payroll data and other sources that are currently being deployed. But I would say that it's this, right? The Farm Bill eventually transformed farming across the Corn Belt, but it required the right conditions. Congress can help create those conditions for"
Testimony ROSE, JOHN W.
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"As an eighth generation farmer, our farmers, foresters, and landowners are in a desperate need of a comprehensive farm bill that provides an adequate safety net and ensures operations longevity. Congress has punted passing a farm bill for far too long. It is time to stop delaying with farmers, stop playing, pardon me, with farmers' futures and enact a bill that will strengthen producers' ability to farm and rescue agriculturists who've been left out in the cold. It is a time that we make..."
Testimony THUNE, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"And the chairman fought as hard as he could. We've got to get a bill if we want to pass a farm bill that something can pass the house and be signed into law by the president. So the negotiations around this were with that in mind. And getting a year delay saves a number of states a whole lot of money in year one and gives states an opportunity to get into compliance. If you look at the number of states that have been in compliance in the last 10 years and that's with an error rate below 6%, you..."
Testimony SPEAKER_15
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"Durable policy decisions have long been the hallmark of federal-like policy that has provided much-needed sustainability for ranchers and their communities. It is legislation like the Farm Bill that has provided the framework for farm economies and our local food system. As both a rancher and a consumer, I certainly recognize that we must carefully balance producers' that we must carefully balance producers' bottom lines with the affordability of our nation's food supply. Reactionary policy..."
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"We will do that by working with the House leaders. We will do that by working on the remaining issues, and that is key when you see what our farmers and ranchers are facing right now throughout our country, the headwinds of the tariffs, the headwinds of the closing of the Straits of Hormuz, the cost of fertilizer have all hit them very hard, and that makes it even more imperative that we get this farm bill done. Having spent August in multiple farms and ranches, I truly believe this. But..."
Testimony FIGURES, SHOMARI
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"No disrespect to you, Dr. Newton, but you mentioned something in your opening statement that really resonated, because I personally find the fear of younger generations not wanting to take on the farm one of the biggest threats that we have to our national security. Honestly, a nation that cannot feed itself is a nation that is a much less secure nation, so can you talk a little bit about the current environment, that threat in general, what you think we can do beyond just the farm bill to make..."
Testimony SORENSEN, ERIC
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"My focus remains the same. We must move quickly to pass a five-year bipartisan farm bill that supports fair premiums for our farmers, prioritizes smart farming practices, protects SNAP, opens up new global markets, and expands and boosts our crop"
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"from everybody madam secretary I this is bigger than you and and and frankly both parties I think have been rather feckless and dealing with the larger under the Obama administration I have seen Trump one I've seen Biden I've seen Trump too and the trends are staggering what we're seeing in our country when it comes to farmers and even since our last farm bill we've lost over a hundred and fifty thousand farms in our country it's 51 farmers families losing their farms every single day it's a..."
Testimony CRAIG, ANGIE
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"cuts red tape, and provides new opportunities for new and beginning farmers. The best Farm Bill is not one that looks pretty on paper or makes promises that it can't deliver. It's the one that has the votes to pass the House, the Senate, and get signed into law. We stand ready to negotiate a bipartisan bill. Farmers across the country, whether they use PLC, ARC, or crop insurance, need a Farm Bill to keep feeding our communities and the world. Mr. Chairman, this committee has always found a way..."
Testimony SPEAKER_42
"For the Purpose of Receiving Testimony from the Honorable Brooke L. R...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"There is no doubt that there are some headwinds, and we need to do everything we can to work on those, whether opening markets, decreasing input prices, or additional assistance. Well, every day we're taking action. You know, the good news from the Working Families Tax Cut is there were a lot of provisions in that bill, whether it was reference prices, death tax exemption, better crop protection. Of course, the new farm bill that you all worked so hard on and got moved through also will make..."
Testimony JOHN NEWTON
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"Thank you very much for the question. I mean, we've seen tight margins now in farm country for three straight years in a row, and the ad hoc support that you mentioned unfortunately is not going to make anyone whole. Even with that support, even with the support from ARC and PLC, we're still looking at farms that are — it's going to be a tough time to break even. So I think this is helpful assistance, as we've heard from the committee, but we need a new five-year farm bill. We need a modernized..."
Testimony THOMPSON, GLENN
"Reviewing Partnerships to Enhance Management of the National Forest S...
house Agriculture Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"expanding recreational opportunities on public lands, and similar impacts are felt in areas near Forest Service in 40 different states. To me, it's common sense that the current forest health crisis and the issues facing our forest products industry share a common solution, and that's increasing active management and sustainable timber harvest levels to benefit both ecological health and rural communities. While this committee has continued to support the Forest Service through partnerships,..."
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"I insist, sir. You're worse than me. You know, it's tough to get upset when I think two of the people I respect the most on the other side of the aisle, one is the chairman and one is the leader of the Senate, but I just want to do some simple math with my friends here, because this is effing ridiculous, that we have so much bipartisan space here, that things in this bill that we're both, all of us are invested in, and what's holding us up from getting a farm bill done is a two-year compromise..."
Testimony SMITH, TINA
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"being accused of being disingenuous. I think that there is common ground to be found here on passing year-round E15, and clearly if anybody who is moving forward a bill is doing that disingenuously, you could say that this entire process has been disingenuous because it was clear from the start that the Farm Bill, as put forward by this committee, does not have the votes to pass. This is always an exercise of trying to find common ground in the increasingly fraught environment that we work in,..."
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"I'm really grateful, Mr. Chairman, to be recognized to call up my amendment, Booker No. 11, to be considered for a vote. Since we passed the Farm Bill in 2018, this nation has seen something that should devastate us all. It should join us in a sense of urgency. We've lost 150,000 farms in our country. Most of them are small"
Testimony CRAIG, ANGIE
"Examining the Economic Crisis in Farm Country"
house Agriculture Committee · Feb 11, 2025
"clothe, and fuel the world. And thank you to our witnesses here today to help us, and more importantly, the country, better understand the crisis we are facing, and perhaps more importantly, how the decisions we make as leaders can support each of you. This committee, more than most, has historically worked on a bipartisan basis to help give farmers and ranchers the certainty they need. Mr. Chairman, I look forward to working with you toward the goal of a bipartisan farm bill that can get the..."
Testimony BOOZMAN, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"to consider an original bill, the Agriculture Act of 2026, or I'd like to call Farm Bill 2.0. Before I begin my formal comments, I would like to recognize my friend and colleague, Senator Mitch McConnell, who continues his recovery and is unable to join us at today's business meeting. I spoke with Senator McConnell yesterday. I know how much he would have wanted to be here to advocate for Kentucky's"
Testimony BOOZMAN, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"and enhance the competitiveness of American agriculture. He served on this committee his entire tenure in the Senate, and this is the eighth farm bill he has helped shape. Few members bring the depth of experience and institutional knowledge that he"
Testimony BOOZMAN, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"and we look forward to welcoming him back to the committee soon. During this journey of drafting a new farm bill, I visited with many states while I was in North Dakota with Senator Hoeven, a good, as you all know, a good friend of all of ours. A woman told me that we need to put more farm in the farm bill. Last year, we answered the call for more farm in the farm bill through the Working Families Tax Cut"
Testimony BOOZMAN, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"In return we've gotten is two years or nothing. And by the way, we don't even discuss the farm bill until you give us two years. How's that taking care of hardworking families trying to make a living in farm"
Testimony BOOZMAN, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"I'm proud of the bill we put together. It builds on the House Pass Farm Bill. This is the best opportunity to do good things for our farmers, rural"
Testimony BOOZMAN, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"They're looking to us for hope. This Farm Bill provides that hope. It gives producers the tools and the confidence they need to keep farming, keep"
Testimony BOOZMAN, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"to carry forward America's proud agriculture tradition. We've built a Farm Bill for the people who feed America, and"
Testimony LUJÁN, BEN RAY
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Now, Mr. Chairman, I want to acknowledge the work that you and the staff did to include language that will create a framework to provide specialty crop producers across the country some support. The reason for this amendment, though, is the language currently in the Farm Bill stops at that. It creates a framework, but there's no requirement for that framework to be utilized down the road, and there's no"
Testimony LUJÁN, BEN RAY
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"So from the rising costs of oil and gas to, you know, especially that diesel that is just pushing so many folks right now, this amendment provides $5 billion in farmer assistance, requires the USDA use the specialty crop emergency framework created by the Farm Bill, common sense policy to help our farmers and ranchers across the country. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. And with that, I now move that Lujan No. 5 be voted"
Testimony SCHIFF, ADAM B.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"But I hope we'll continue working on this. I desperately want a farm bill, I think we all do, and hopefully we can get there by addressing this deficit that was created in the big beautiful bill that is leaving millions of people, including children, without"
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Yeah. Mr. President, or Mr. Chairman, this is the seventh farm bill I've been involved in since 1992 that I've been on this committee, and this is the first one I can recall that we're not doing on a bipartisan"
Testimony BENNET, MICHAEL F.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you and the Ranking Member for holding today's markup. As you said, Mr. Chairman, we're considering this Farm Bill at a moment of real crisis in rural"
Testimony BENNET, MICHAEL F.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"They are desperately wondering, like farmers and ranchers all over America, whether the cooperatives, processors, and small businesses that they depend on will still exist at the end of this year or next year. And in the middle of all that, we're being asked to vote on a Farm Bill that fails to address many of the real challenges that rural communities are facing today. I used to say, thank God the Agriculture Committee still exists because this was one of the last places in the Senate where..."
Testimony THOMPSON, GLENN
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"We passed the largest investment in American agriculture in a generation last summer. We passed a farm bill from the House of Representatives in April, and I look forward to the Senate upholding its end of the bargain soon. We also got the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act signed into law, and the House passed"
Testimony THOMPSON, GLENN
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"their potential for sustainable revenue growth increases dramatically both at home and abroad. Another program we strengthened in the new Farm Bill is the BioPreferred Program, which works to increase the development and"
Testimony SPEAKER_29
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"For growers, that means connecting American production with consumers at home and market opportunities abroad. In the short term, IFPA and the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance are calling on Congress to provide dedicated economic assistance of no less than $5 billion for specialty crop growers. But the amount of assistance is only part of the"
Testimony SPEAKER_29
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"Assistance should be based on actual sales losses, not acreage, to provide a more accurate measure of economic harm across a sector with widely varying crops, costs, and market values. This committee took an important step in the Farm Bill to establish a framework for specialty crop assistance, but stronger language is needed to require this framework to be used. Beyond the immediate need, labor reform would provide critical long-term support for"
Testimony SPEAKER_03
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"markets in the United States. The Bipartisan Bicameral Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act would strengthen USDA's support for bio-based products and help modernize federal policies that support market growth. And we appreciate the Ag Committee's leadership to include provisions of this legislation in the House-passed Farm Bill. Among its provisions, the legislation would modernize USDA's BioPreferred program and improve federal procurement opportunities for bio-based products. The legislation would..."
Testimony SPEAKER_03
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"terminology for bio-based products. Additionally, the Bipartisan Bicameral Agricultural Bio-Refinery Innovation and Opportunity Act, or the Ag Bio Act, would greatly strengthen and improve USDA's bio-refinery, renewable chemical, and bio-based product manufacturing assistance, also known as Section 9003. We are again appreciative of Chairman Thompson and the Committee's leadership on this issue and glad to see many of these provisions also included in the House Farm Bill language. Simply put,..."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"policies can help rebuild demand for American wood products while supporting our rural economies and forest health. Federal innovation programs already demonstrate what's possible. Efforts like the Farm Bill's Wood Innovation and Community Wood Grant Program help manufacturers modernize equipment, adopt advanced technologies, and bring new, value- added hardwood products to market. Bingaman is proud to be Pennsylvania's first manufacturer of thermally modified hardwood lumber, and we are now a..."
Testimony SPEAKER_24
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"Farmers need confidence that successful programs and markets will not disappear overnight or be taken from them. The House Farm Bill authorizes these local food efforts and is a good start, and we're thankful for their inclusion. Family farmers and ranchers are always looking for ways to create more value, develop new markets, and meet consumer"
Testimony CRAIG, ANGIE
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"What would you like to see changed in federal farm safety net policy to help mitigate the reliance? And then, you know, further, what policies that may not be included in the Farm Bill one way or the other are impacting the need for these payments? So really, two-part question. Mr. Frenke, has USMCA been in the round good for the American"
Testimony SPEAKER_29
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"We know, and we have data and evidence to back up, that incentives do encourage additional consumption. That's why one of our priorities in the Farm Bill was the GusNIP program, double up bucks. Because we have seen that to be highly"
Testimony SORENSEN, ERIC
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"A ray of light does shine as a new opportunity for year-round E15 exists. I fought so hard here in this committee room, in our Farm Bill markup, to make sure that E15 would not be left"
Testimony MANN, TRACEY
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"Buck, when we talk about the overall ag sector, year-round E15 continues to be part of that conversation. I appreciate you mentioning that in your opening testimony here and throughout your testimony. As you know, in the House, we passed year-round E15 legislation a few months ago, and the Senate Farm Bill includes that. Hopefully, it's going to get passed out later today. Can you share what it would mean for the biofuels industry in the country if year-round E15 were to get passed? And..."
Testimony MANN, TRACEY
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"Second question for you, Mr. Currier. I appreciate your work, Carlotta Farm Bureau, of course, right next door to Kansas. Last year, you know, the committee, this committee in the Farm Food Now Security Act earlier this year, when we passed it out and included my legislation that would transfer a food for peace program from the State Department to its rightful home at USDA, which is where it used to be, so it's returning food for peace back home, I've always felt like having that at the back of..."
Testimony SPEAKER_29
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"Sometimes it might be the first time a certain product, a U.S.-grown cherry or blueberries, are accessing those markets, and consumers aren't sure what they are, how to eat them. And so some of those development and promotion programs, I think, are critical. So opening the door to U.S. products and then helping our industries actually walk through that door and build those trading relationships to expand market export opportunities, TASC, MAP, FMD are all critical to that. And we greatly..."
Testimony SPEAKER_29
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"And so I think really looking at some of the broader challenges or broader long-term support and long-term policies that we've been advocating for absolutely spread to the floriculture sector as well, as well as ensuring that any economic assistance that passes they are eligible for as well as a defined part of the specialty crop definition outside from the Farm Bill. Congressman, I'll maybe"
Testimony HAYES, JAHANA
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"I would first like to say that 62,770 people in Connecticut, residents in Connecticut, did in fact lose their SNAP benefits. So there have been people who have lost benefits. And the increase that we just heard about a minute ago is a mandatory COLA for SNAP that is required by law as a result of the 2008 Farm Bill. So nothing new. It happens every"
Testimony SPEAKER_03
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"But part of the other issue that happens is in order to be able to track the impactfulness of some of these, like the Biomaterials Investment and Production Act, the Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act, and the Ag-Bio Act, is to ensure that we have a way to track the impactfulness within the federal government, and, for example, NAICS codes, the North American Industry Classification System. And back in the 2018 Farm Bill, OMB was told to update the NAICS codes for the bioeconomy. In their 2027..."
Testimony SPEAKER_03
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"understanding the uniform terminology and labeling that is utilized within bioproducts. And so I think that by giving the transparency and given the stats that show that many consumers are interested and likely to purchase biobased products, we have an opportunity to marry together the agricultural feed stocks that we have with the demand that we see from I believe it is actually challenging to estimate how much private investment has gone into the United States for these products because of..."
Testimony VAN ORDEN, DERRICK
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"Van Orden. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want to clear up a couple things here. We passed the Farm Bill out of the House on April 30th. That's four and a half months ago. It's been sitting at the Senate. And I'd like to thank the Chairman for his prayers for the Agriculture Committee there, see if they can get that done. We passed E15 May 13th. That's five and a half months ago. It's been sitting at the Senate. So, the issue is not the Trump administration. It's the Senate. It's just the way..."
Testimony SPEAKER_29
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"So I think it is challenging, and that is why we articulate some of these long-term challenges that our specialty crop producers have been facing. I think agricultural workforce reform is critically important to be able to compete on a global scale, as is the farm bill. There are key investments in updating risk management so it works for the specialty crop sector, and then some of those market development programs that we've talked about today, TASC, MAF, FMD, to be able to tackle really..."
Testimony SPEAKER_25
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"I go out every time with listening sessions and invite farmers around the roundtable, and consistently what I've heard from these folks is they don't want a handout. They want the opportunity to produce and make a fair market return on their hard work, and that's exactly what I think we intend to do here in Washington to help them. It's one of the reasons that this committee has been such a forward leader on only passing the farm bill, but things like our biofuels bill that was able to be..."
Testimony THOMPSON, GLENN
"Increasing Demand and Opportunities for Homegrown Products Here and A...
house Agriculture Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"our forest products industry, which is an important part of agriculture. The Bio Preferred Program, which we have heard so much about, that proposal within the Farm Bill. And I just close, as I always do, to say thank you so much to the staff on both sides of the"
Testimony GRASSLEY, CHUCK
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"Oddly enough, Californians are paying 10 to 15% more for their products as a result of that. And it's just stupid that we don't have a chance to bring Iowa's interest to this debate on the first farm bill that we've had in discussion for now the third"
Testimony ERNST, JONI
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"At Werverhu, when we went back and we looked at the August 6th proceedings, that identified no such action in closing out Title 12. The committee recessed following the failed reporting vote, leaving the bill and the last title to be considered pending before the committee. So Mr. Chair, we all understand that the path forward on this farm bill hinges on SNAP. It"
Testimony ERNST, JONI
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"I regret that we were not given this opportunity. If this Farm Bill advances without addressing Proposition 12, it will not be because a reasonable solution was unavailable. My team did the"
Testimony KLOBUCHAR, AMY
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"It's fine. I'll go. Go ahead. I want to welcome Senator McConnell back, and I want to thank Chairman Bozeman for his work. We've worked together for many years, and it is my goal and our goal on the Democratic side to get this farm bill done and to get it done by the end of the year. We will do that by working with the House leaders. We will do that by working on the remaining issues, and that is key when you see what our farmers and ranchers are facing right now throughout our country, the..."
Testimony BOOZMAN, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"Anybody else? Passage of Farm Bill 2.0 is a positive step for farmers, ranchers. No, go"
Testimony THUNE, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"This is an important step forward. A lot of the farm bill was addressed last year. We did the safety net programs, we did crop insurance, ARC, PLC, conservation, disaster programs. But there are pieces of the farm bill that didn't get done, and our farmers need"
Testimony THUNE, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"So, I guess I'm, and I've been through these a lot. This is my fifth farm bill as a member of the House Ag Committee, and now as a Senate Ag Committee. I've been through a lot of fights over individual titles in the bill through the years, but we always seem to come together at the"
Testimony THUNE, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"submissions of pieces of legislation were ultimately included in this bill. Mr. Chairman, it's got to be a bipartisan process. This ought to be a bipartisan process. It always has been. This is my fifth farm bill. Please, let's figure out how to get together on this and"
Testimony FETTERMAN, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"words, you know, I will say, I can confirm, I've had six Pennsylvania agriculture interests, you know, just in the last two days, and they're all begging. They need a farm bill. We got to find a way to pass this thing because people are coming all the way from my state saying we can't"
Testimony HOEVEN, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"We can debate that one, too, but the place to do this, guys, it's time. It's past time. We've got to get to the floor and get this done for our farmers and our ranchers. Our farmers are facing very low commodity prices, high input costs. They need our help. They need this farm"
Testimony LUJÁN, BEN RAY
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"and so if the states don't do something over the next year, and I hope to God they do, they're going to pay more forever until the next farm bill comes. In order to get some of these bills done"
Testimony FETTERMAN, JOHN
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"I have never had a farmer or an agriculture interest in my office saying, hold that line, John, hold this line, you know. How many years late is it's very, very late. You know, I have held the line here as a loyal Democrat and my vote really doesn't matter because it's not anywhere close to 60, but I'm just saying we got to find a way forward. You know, my office is bombarded and they are desperate to get this farm bill here and I don't like, I support this idea of two years, but one day now,..."
Testimony SOTO, DARREN
Markup of Sixteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Sep 16, 2026
"Thankfully, Florida hasn't seen the screw worm, but we need to be vigilant on that. There's a couple things we could do to help them. One is pass a farm bill, and the other is to help finish the job on rural broadband. Right now, the process has been"