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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...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement: “Congressional Republicans have chosen to cut food assistance for millions of Americans to give tax breaks to billionaires. Instead of working with Democrats to lower costs for...

WASHINGTON — Today, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), and Governors Laura Kelly (KS), Andy Beshear (KY), Maura Healey (MA), and Matt Meyer (DE) held a press conference on how Republicans’ Big Beautiful Betrayal will take food assistance away from millions of Americans, including seniors, children, 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 Parliamentarian advising that Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry provisions of the Republican reconciliation bill violate the Senate’s Byrd Rule and would be subject to a...

WASHINGTON – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led all 47 members of the Senate Democratic Caucus in calling on Senate...

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 billions in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) proposed by Senate Republicans.  “Republicans’ proposed cuts to SNAP continue to be devastating to families...

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, emphasized the importance of SNAP and the risks it faces due to the House Republican Reconciliation bill at the Agriculture Spotlight Forum titled “Hunger by Design – The GOP’s Assault on SNAP.” A rough transcript of...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today delivered the following opening statement at the Agriculture Committee markup of S. 222, Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025. The legislation increases the availability of both whole milk and non-dairy beverages in...

WASHINGTON – Analysis from the non-partisan, independent budget office shows Congressional Republicans’ budget cuts will cause higher grocery costs for millions of Americans each month whose food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will be taken away or reduced. The Congressional Budget Office projects that total cuts...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement on House Republicans passing a bill to take food assistance away from at least 3 million Americans by cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by over $290...

The Agriculture Innovation Act would improve USDA data collection and research of conservation practices, informing farmers’ understanding of which practices help reduce risk and increase profitability. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Majority...

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 Committee hearing Perspectives from the Field, Part 4: Conservation. In her remarks, Senator Klobuchar highlighted how conservation programs and their many supporters are a...

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 over $290 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), proposed by Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee. “Instead of working with Democrats to...

Klobuchar Calls for Investment in Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention  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 Committee hearing to review the Fix Our Forest Act. In her remarks, Senator Klobuchar...