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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing to consider S. 1462, Fix Our Forests Act, legislation to improve forest management and enhance tools to prevent and fight catastrophic wildfires. The following is the Chairman’s opening...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) announced the committee voted to advance the nominations of Judge Stephen Vaden to serve as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Tyler Clarkson to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture. “This is a critical step to ensure USDA has the...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) applauded President Donald Trump’s appointments to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) positions in Arkansas. David Branscum will serve as Arkansas Rural Development Director and Ty Davis was named Farm Service Agency (FSA) State...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing to consider the nominations of Luke Lindberg to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Devon Westhill to be...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) delivered the following opening remarks at the hearing to consider the nominations of Judge Stephen Vaden to be Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Tyler Clarkson to be General Counsel of the U.S. Department of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) delivered the following opening statement at a legislative hearing to review S.222, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act and improving children’s health.    The following is Boozman’s opening statement as prepared for delivery: “Good morning and...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) released the following statement after USDA announced the rollout of the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program approved by Congress in December: “Congress approved this critical funding to provide a bridge to help ensure hardworking American...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and U.S. House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) issued the following statement on USDA’s announcement to allow pork and poultry producers to operate at increased line speeds: “This is great news for American meat and...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) welcomed Arkansas agribusiness leader Ben Noble to testify before the committee about the challenges facing rural communities and the importance of strong risk management tools and access to credit for farmers and rural businesses. Noble is the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) delivered the following opening statement at the third committee hearing examining the farm economy titled “Perspectives from the Field: Risk Management, Credit and Rural Business Views on the Agricultural Economy Part 3.” The following is...

WASHINGTON - The Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology held a hearing to review the House-passed the Fix Our Forests Act and options to reduce catastrophic wildfire. Subcommittee Chairman Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) delivered an opening statement at the hearing. The following are Marshall’s remarks as...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) helped introduce legislation to protect the rice industry against dumping of cheap produce into U.S. markets from India and China.The Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act would establish a joint task force on...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) delivered the following opening statement at the hearing “Perspectives from the Field: Farmer and Rancher Views on the Agricultural Economy, Part II.” The following is Boozman’s opening statement as prepared for delivery. “Good morning and...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) released the following statement after USDA announced federal actions to combat Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (bird flu): “Producers and consumers alike have experienced the economic burden of this outbreak since 2022. I applaud Secretary...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor in support of Brooke Rollins to be Secretary of Agriculture in advance of the confirmation vote. The following is Boozman’s speech as prepared for delivery: Mr....

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) welcomed Arkansas farmers to share their perspectives on the agricultural economy during a Senate hearing examining the challenges facing rural communities Marianna farmer Nathan Reed and Newport farmer Jennifer James detailed the difficulties...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry delivered opening remarks at the hearing “Perspectives from the Field: Farmer and Rancher Views on the Agricultural Economy, Part 1.” The following is Boozman’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery: Good morning. I...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced the subcommittee rosters for the 119th Congress. Subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress are as follows: Subcommittee on Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade Senator Cindy...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) today voted to advance the nomination of Brooke Rollins to be Secretary of Agriculture. The nomination was favorably reported by the committee with unanimous support and now heads to the full Senate for consideration. “Brooke Rollins is a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced subcommittee leadership for the 119th Congress. “The subcommittee leaders will play an important role as we craft the farm bill and provide the tools and resources farmer, ranchers and rural...