Minority News

WASHINGTON – Senator Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Friday released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score of the House Farm Bill.  “Today’s score from CBO shows once again that the House Republican proposal is not paid for and relies on magic math and...

WASHINGTON – Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Wednesday released the following statement after the Biden-Harris Administration announced financial assistance to more than 43,000 farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination in USDA farm lending...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Monday released the following statement on cryptocurrency legislation. I am very proud of the bill we’ve drafted to bring clear rules of the road to the crypto market. It is a balanced bill that prioritizes necessary customer...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement at a hearing titled “Oversight of Digital Commodities.” Live video of the hearing is available here. Stabenow’s Statement, as prepared for delivery, follows: The last time this Committee...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member, today announced that the Subcommittee Rural Development and Energy will hold a hearing titled “The State of Rural Infrastructure: Emergency Response, Recovery, and Resilience.”...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member, today announced that the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry will hold a hearing titled “Oversight of Digital Commodities.”    Date:     Wednesday, July 10,...

LANSING, MICH. – Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, released the following statement on the SNAP payment error rate. “While states faced many challenges ensuring access to SNAP during the pandemic and unwinding temporary pandemic benefits and flexibilities, the national error rate...

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 Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources will hold a hearing titled, “Hearing on the High Plains: Combating Drought...

WASHINGTON (Tuesday, June 18, 2024) – Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Tuesday released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published its revised 10-year budget projections.    “Today’s updated projections from CBO prove what we have been saying...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Tuesday released the following statement after Ranking Member Boozman released the Senate Republican Farm Bill framework.  “Ranking Member Boozman and I have had several conversations about getting our ideas on paper, so this...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement at a hearing titled "Pathways to Farming: Helping the Next Generation of Farmers." Stabenow’s Statement, as prepared for delivery, follows: Thank you, Senators Smith and Hyde-Smith, for...

The Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act makes significant investments in the next generation of agricultural professionals – whether they are on the farm, in the lab, or in the boardroom. It provides new opportunities for training and education, opens pathways to getting started, and ensures that risk management tools meet the needs of new 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 that the Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade will hold a hearing titled, “Pathways to Farming: Helping the Next Generation of Farmers.”...

WASHINGTON (Wednesday, May 29, 2024) – Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, applauded progress by the Biden Administration to strengthen the integrity of voluntary carbon credit markets, marking a critical step to reaching their full potential as a valuable tool to achieve net...

WASHINGTON (Friday, May 24, 2024) – Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Friday released the following statement on the House markup of the 2024 Farm Bill.  “I’m glad that Chairman Thompson is working to move the process forward so that we can complete our work on the 2024 Farm...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Friday released the following statement after Chairman Thompson released his Farm Bill. “I’ve had several conversations with Chairman Thompson encouraging him to get his ideas on paper so that we can move this process forward....

WASHINGTON – Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman spoke at the Rural Communities in Action event at the White House to highlight how the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act builds on investments in rural communities to ensure that rural Americans do not have to leave their homes to find opportunity. Watch the video...

WASHINGTON (Monday, May 6, 2024) – U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) this week unveiled the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act, which contains more than 100 bipartisan bills. The bill reflects more than two years of bipartisan work of Senators on and off the Committee to keep farmers...

WASHINGTON – Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) today spoke on the Senate Floor regarding the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act. The bill contains more than 100 bipartisan bills and puts the 2024 Farm Bill back on track to being signed into law by the end of the year. Watch the video below...

WASHINGTON (Wednesday, May 1, 2024) – U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Wednesday unveiled the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act, which contains more than 100 bipartisan bills and puts the 2024 Farm Bill back on track to being signed into law by the end of the year.   Chairwoman...