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Washington, D.C. – Today Congressman Kevin Cramer issued the following statement in response to Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow announcing her chamber will immediately begin working toward a conference with the House-passed farm bill. The House sent its version of the farm bill to the Senate earlier today. Read more »

Washington, DC – Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall and Representative Scott Tipton today applauded the Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) announcement to grant a six-month extension before making a final decision regarding whether to list the Gunnison sage grouse as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Read more »

Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) made the following statement after voting in favor of a revised version of the House Farm Bill - H.R. 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013. The bill passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 216 – 208. Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson joined colleagues and supported the FY2014 Energy and Water Appropriations bill late last night. The bill reverses some of the Obama Administration’s cuts to nuclear energy and continues progress toward the development of new nuclear technologies, including those under development at Idaho National Laboratory. Simpson is a senior member of the Subcommittee, serving as one of its members for over ten years. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ), made the following statement about the House passage of the ‘FARRM Bill’. Due to the funeral of his birth mother, he was unable to cast his vote: Read more »

Congressman Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, issued the following statement following his vote in favor of the Farm Bill. Read more »

Washington, DC (July 11, 2013) – Late last night, U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce voted for H.R. 2609, the Fiscal Year 2014 Energy and Water Development Bill. This appropriations bill provides key funding for important energy and defense-related projects, while reducing spending by $2.9 billion. Read more »

Washington, DC (July 11, 2013) – Today, U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce voted for H.R. 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013, commonly known as the Farm Bill. Read more »

In the House of Representatives today, Republican Devin Nunes (CA-22) and Democrat Ron Kind (WI-03) introduced the Charitable Agricultural Research Act (H.R. 2671), which would provide a tax exemption for agricultural research. Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) are introducing a companion bill in the Senate. Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Kristi Noem today made the following statement regarding passage of H.R. 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (Farm Bill): Read more »