Minority News

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the Senate has confirmed Xochitl Torres Small to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.  “Ms. Torres Small’s strong,...

WASHINGTON—The leadership of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry—Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR)—along with the leadership of the House Committee on Agriculture—Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA) and Ranking Member David Scott (D-GA)—released the...

LEXINGTON, KY – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, hosted the Committee’s Ranking Member, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), today in Fayette County at the University of Kentucky’s College of Agriculture, Food and...

WASHINGTON—A final rule issued last week by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) threatens U.S. biotech innovation and creates new market barriers for small producers, University of Arkansas Professor Margaret Leigh Worthington told the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research during her testimony at a...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement in support of the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) request for dispute settlement consultations with Mexico over its biotech policy. “The U.S. negotiated the United...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), ranking member, today announced that the committee advanced Xochitl Torres Small of New Mexico to be deputy secretary of agriculture to the full Senate for...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold California’s Prop 12. “The court’s decision to uphold California’s extremely misguided Proposition 12 is bad...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the hearing to consider the nomination of Xochitl Torres Small to serve as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Good morning. Thank...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, commended the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for moving forward with the implementation process of the Rice Production Program (RPP) and shared details on how farmers can seek relief. “Last year was a...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, called the views of Jared Bernstein, President Biden’s nominee to serve as chair of the White House Council on Economic Advisors (CEA), a “threat to rural America’s future” and encouraged members of the Senate Committee on...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Jeff Rutledge, a rice farmer from Newport, Arkansas, highlighted how a strong farm safety net allows producers to enact the best conservation practices on their land.   Rutledge, a fifth-generation farmer...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced two new hires that round out the committee’s Republican staff for the 118th Congress.Trey Forsyth has joined the committee as professional staff and Kate Covington has moved over from...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, praised the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for continuing the effort to hold India accountable for its trade-distorting practices by filing a second counter notification that details how India...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced Eric Slee has joined as senior professional staff on the Republican side of the committee. Slee, who has worked in both U.S. House of Representatives and Senate offices, will handle a portfolio that...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the hearing entitled “Oversight of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).” Good morning. I am pleased to join the chairwoman for...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, at an oversight hearing of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Thank you, Chairwoman Stabenow, for calling today’s hearing. I would also like...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee are calling for an extension of the review period meal pattern revision rule proposed by for the U.S....

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement in support of the U.S. Trade Representative’s initiation of the sanitary and phytosanitary consultation process with Mexico regarding their biotech policy.  “Trade...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the hearing to review the conservation and forestry titles of the farm bill. Good morning, thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for convening today’s hearing. I...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement after U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its quarterly outlook report projecting a record agriculture trade deficit:    “U.S. farmers have been able...