Items Tagged with 'House Agriculture Committee'

Speaking to hundreds of farmers on the White House South Lawn Friday, President Donald Trump urged Congress to pass the farm bill and expressed his support for year-round E-15 and additional farm aid payments. 

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union message days after the Supreme Court struck down a cornerstone of his trade policy, and his controversial pick for U.S. surgeon general will get her long-delayed Senate confirmation hearing. The House Agriculture Committee was scheduled to begin debating a GOP farm bill on Monday, but due to weather the start of the markup was delayed.

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson tells Agri-Pulse he wants $5 billion for specialty crop growers and additional money for forestry in a farm aid package that could exceed $15 billion.

House Agriculture ranking member Angie Craig and fellow Democrats plan to introduce three-pronged legislation aimed at helping struggling farmers and safeguarding low-income Americans from the risk of losing key food benefits. 

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a bill allowing whole milk to be served in schools.

Sharon Bomer Lauritsen, agricultural trade consultant at AgTrade Strategies, has retired. She held numerous roles in the space, including assistant U.S. trade representative for agricultural affairs in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, executive vice president of food and agriculture at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and associate deputy administrator for fruit and vegetable programs at the Agriculture Department.

Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a northern California Republican and fourth-generation rice farmer on the House Agriculture Committee, has died, the House GOP announced Tuesday.

Congress returns from holiday break this week faced with a mountain of unfinished work in what’s certain to be a raucous midterm-election year, starting with the possibility of another government shutdown at the end of this month.

Read how farm organizations and top lawmakers reacted to the $12 billion "bridge" payment plan announced by the Trump administration on Monday.