WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced the Committee will hold a field hearing to hear input from a diverse range of agricultural producers and stakeholders about our next Farm Bill. This is the first...
WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.),
Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry,
applauded the Biden Administration for approving the year-round sale of E-15.
Senator Stabenow encouraged the Administration to increase access to higher
blends of American biofuels in a March 9, 2022...
WASHINGTON – 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 will hold a hearing to review
S.4030
the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022
and S.3870 the Meat and Poultry Special...
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, are encouraging President Joe Biden to quickly fill vacancies that can help increase trade opportunities for American agriculture.
In a letter to President Biden, the two...
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 the U.S. Senate confirmed Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin N. Johnson, Summer Kristine Mersinger, and Caroline D. Pham each to serve as Commissioners...
WASHINGTON – Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow of Michigan released the following statement on the food, agriculture, and rural provisions in the White House’s FY2023 budget request.
“President Biden’s budget is a major step forward for a more resilient food supply chain and...
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 the Committee voted to advance the nominations of Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin N. Johnson, Summer Kristine Mersinger, and Caroline D. Pham...
WASHINGTON – 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 will hold a business meeting to consider the nominations of Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin N. Johnson, Summer Kristine Mersinger, and...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing titled, “Rural Quality of Life: Opportunities and Challenges for the Rural Care Economy”. Live video of the hearing is available here.
Stabenow’s...
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 the Committee will hold a hearing titled “Rural Quality of Life: Opportunities and Challenges for the Rural Care...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcement that it will make available $250 million through a new grant program this summer to support independent, innovative and sustainable American fertilizer...
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, introduced an amendment to extend child nutrition waiver authority in the omnibus. She delivered the following remarks:
Across America, our schools are open, and our children are back in the classroom. And...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing to consider the nominations of Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin N. Johnson, Summer Kristine Mersinger, and Caroline D. Pham each to be a Commissioner of...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack asking the administration to take a meaningful step in addressing the climate crisis by increasing federal...
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 the creation of the bipartisan Senate FFA Caucus. This caucus will work to support teachers and parents preparing the next generation of...
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 will hold a hearing to consider the nominations of Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin N. Johnson, Summer Kristine Mersinger, and...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, thanked Chair Rostin Behnam, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), for providing CFTC’s response to the bipartisan bicameral letter on digital assets.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing titled, “Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation”. Live video of the hearing is available here.
Stabenow’s statement, as prepared for...
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 U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Homer L. Wilkes by unanimous consent to serve as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and...
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, welcomed Secretary Vilsack's announcement on Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities. This will expand markets by investing $1 billion in partnerships to support America’s climate-smart farmers, ranchers,...