WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, delivered remarks to the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Winter Policy conference today.
In her remarks, Ranking Member Klobuchar addressed the Supreme Court's forthcoming decision on the...
WASHINGTON – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related...
WASHINGTON – Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety, led 10 of their colleagues in pressing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to expedite and...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Inspector General on staffing levels at USDA. Klobuchar requested this report in March.
“The U.S. Department of...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Mike Rounds (R-SD) led 21 of their colleagues in urging Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to move forward with the USDA’s avian flu vaccine strategy for poultry while encouraging a comprehensive, science-based...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the administration’s announcement of assistance to farmers impacted by President Trump’s tariffs.
“While we need to help farmers who have been hurt by the President’s across-the-board...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, led 30 of their colleagues in pressing U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins...
WATCH: Senator Luján Hosts Press Conference Announcing his SNAP Legislation
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.),...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement in response to today’s federal district court order requiring the Administration to make full November SNAP payments by tomorrow.
“The court could not be more clear: the administration...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement in response to the administration announcing that, as required by court orders, it will use the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) contingency fund to partially fund SNAP for...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the District Court ruling that the Administration is “required” to provide November SNAP to Americans in need.
“The court’s decision confirms what we have said all week: The...
WASHINGTON – Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, led 19 of their colleagues in calling on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to reconsider further aid to Argentina and...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcing it will withhold food assistance for families in need by refusing to use contingency funding to cover the cost of the Supplemental...
WASHINGTON – Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Ranking Member for the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety, led seven of their colleagues in pressing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden on...
WASHINGTON – Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, led 12 of their colleagues in calling on President Trump to immediately halt his plan to send a $20 billion bailout to...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, delivered the following opening statement at the Agriculture Committee hearing: Perspectives on Reauthorization of the U.S. Grain Standards Act. Testifying at the hearing was Minnesotan Nicholas Friant from Chanhassen, who...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, delivered the following opening statement at the Agriculture Committee hearing titled: “Review of the USDA Reorganization Proposal.” Testifying at the hearing was USDA Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Vaden.
A...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s plan to reorganize the U.S. Department of Agriculture:
“A reorganization of this scale will impact USDA’s ability to provide critical services to Americans and...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the Senate passage of the Republican reconciliation bill:
“This bill is bad for families trying to put food on the table, for rural economies already dealing with the impact of tariffs,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, raised a Point of Order challenging the unprecedented unfunded mandate imposed by the SNAP cuts in the Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Betrayal.”
The bill requires states, for the first time, to cover a portion of SNAP...