This week, two PIA policy priorities cleared major hurdles in the ongoing budget reconciliation process. Two House committees--Ways and Means and Agriculture--each passed their portions of the massive House reconciliation package along party lines. Both bills will now head to the Budget Committee in preparation for full House consideration. Included in the House Ways & …
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On May 24, the House Agriculture Committee, led by Chairman GT Thompson (R-PA), passed H.R. 8467, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act, by a vote of 33 to 21. The bill passed with the unanimous support of Committee Republicans, along with the support of four Democrats, Representatives Yadira Caravao (D-CO), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Don Davis …
Continue reading House Committee Passes Farm Bill with Crop Agent Inflation Adjustment
A few of the participants outside the office of Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) This week, crop insurance agents from PIA affiliates from North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Minnesota came to Washington, D.C. to advocate on a variety of issues related to the federal crop insurance program. Crop insurance provides our nation’s farmers with the …
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David Scott was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2002 to represent Georgia's Thirteenth Congressional District, which includes 6 counties around metro Atlanta: Cobb, Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton and Henry. Prior to joining the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Scott served in the Georgia state legislature beginning in 1974 and ran an …
While there are still outstanding congressional races left to be decided, and the membership of committees for the next Congress will not be finalized for several more weeks, there will be big changes coming to the leadership of the U.S. House and Senate Agriculture Committees in 2021. Although the next Farm bill is not up …
Continue reading Changes Coming to Agriculture Committees; Vilsack Named Secretary-Designate
