House Committee on Agriculture: Press Release: House Agriculture Committee Holds Organizational Meeting

News from the House Agriculture Committee

U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Agriculture

Collin C. Peterson, Minnesota
Chairman

http://agriculture.house.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 28, 2009

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House Agriculture Committee Holds Organizational Meeting

WASHINGTON – Members of the House Agriculture Committee met today to organize the Committee and adopt the Committee’s rules for the 111^th Congress.

The Committee rules approved today are similar to the rules adopted by the Committee during the 110^th Congress. One addition to the Committee rules provides that the results of all recorded votes in the Agriculture Committee will be posted on the Committee’s website within two days of the vote.

The committee also ratified the members and leadership of all six subcommittees. Agriculture Committee Chair Collin C. Peterson (MN) and Ranking Minority Member Frank D. Lucas (OK) serve as ex officio Members of all subcommittees.

Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research

Jurisdiction: Soil, water, and resource conservation, small watershed program, energy and biobased energy production, rural electrification, agricultural credit, and agricultural research, education and extension services.

Rep. Tim Holden, PA, Chair	Rep. Bob Goodlatte, VA Ranking Minority Member
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, SD	Rep. Jerry Moran, KS
Rep. Deborah L. Halvorson, IL	Rep. Sam Graves, MO
Rep. Kathleen A. Dahlkemper, PA	Rep. Mike Rogers, AL
Rep. Betsy Markey, CO	Rep. Steve King, IA
Rep. Mark H. Schauer, MI	Rep. Randy Neugebauer, TX
Rep. Larry Kissell, NC	Rep. Jean Schmidt, OH
Rep. John A. Boccieri, OH	Rep. Adrian Smith, NE
Rep. Mike McIntyre, NC	Rep. Robert E. Latta, OH
Rep. Jim Costa, CA	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, MO
Rep. Brad Ellsworth, IN	Rep. Glenn Thompson, PA
Rep. Timothy J. Walz, MN	Rep. Bill Cassidy, LA
Rep. Eric J.J. Massa, NY
Rep. Bobby Bright, AL
Rep. Frank Kratovil, Jr., MD
Rep. Walt Minnick, ID
Rep. Earl Pomeroy, ND
vacancy

Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry

Jurisdiction: Agency oversight, review and analysis, special investigations, food stamps, nutrition and consumer programs, forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain.

Rep. Joe Baca, CA, Chair	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, NE Ranking Minority Member
Rep. Henry Cuellar, TX	Rep. Steve King, IA
Rep. Steve Kagen, WI	Rep. Jean Schmidt, OH
Rep. Kurt Schrader, OR	vacancy
Rep. Kathleen A. Dahlkemper, PA
Rep. Travis W. Childers, MS

Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management

Jurisdiction: Program and markets related to cotton, cottonseed, wheat, feed grains, soybeans, oilseeds, rice, dry beans, peas, lentils, the Commodity Credit Corporation, risk management including crop insurance and commodity exchanges.

Rep. Leonard L. Boswell, IA, Chair	Rep. Jerry Moran, KS Ranking Minority Member
Rep. Jim Marshall, GA	Rep. Timothy V. Johnson, IL
Rep. Brad Ellsworth, IN	Rep. Sam Graves, MO
Rep. Timothy J. Walz, MN	Rep. Steve King, IA
Rep. Kurt Schrader, OR	Rep. K. Michael Conaway, TX
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, SD	Rep. Robert E. Latta, OH
Rep. Betsy Markey, CO	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, MO
Rep. Larry Kissell, NC
Rep. Deborah L. Halvorson, IL
Rep. Earl Pomeroy, ND
Rep. Travis W. Childers, MS

Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture

Jurisdiction: Fruits and vegetables, honey and bees, marketing and promotion orders, plant pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds, and insect pests, and organic agriculture.

Rep. Dennis A. Cardoza, CA, Chair	Rep. Jean Schmidt, OH Ranking Minority Member
Rep. Eric J.J. Massa, NY	Rep. Jerry Moran, KS
Rep. Jim Costa, CA	Rep. Timothy V. Johnson, IL
Rep. Kurt Schrader, OR	vacancy
Rep. Frank Kratovil, Jr., MD
vacancy

Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry

Jurisdiction: Livestock, dairy, poultry, meat, seafood and seafood products, inspection, marketing, and promotion of such commodities, aquaculture, animal welfare, and grazing.

Rep. David Scott, GA, Chair	Rep. Randy Neugebauer, TX Ranking Minority Member
Rep. Jim Costa, CA	Rep. Bob Goodlatte, VA
Rep. Steve Kagen, WI	Rep. Mike Rogers, AL
Rep. Frank Kratovil, Jr., MD	Rep. Steve King, IA
Rep. Tim Holden, PA	Rep. K. Michael Conaway, TX
Rep. Leonard L. Boswell, IA	Rep. Adrian Smith, NE
Rep. Joe Baca, CA	Rep. David P. "Phil" Roe, TN
Rep. Dennis A. Cardoza, CA
Rep. Betsy Markey, CO
Rep. Walt Minnick, ID
vacancy

Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture

Jurisdiction: Peanuts, sugar, tobacco, marketing orders relating to such commodities, rural development, farm security and family farming matters, biotechnology, foreign agricultural assistance, and trade promotion programs, generally.

Rep. Mike McIntyre, NC, Chair	Rep. K. Michael Conaway, TX Ranking Minority Member
Rep. Bobby Bright, AL	Rep. David P. "Phil" Roe, TN
Rep. Jim Marshall, GA	Rep. Glenn Thompson, PA
Rep. Henry Cuellar, TX	Rep. Bill Cassidy, LA
Rep. Larry Kissell, NC
Rep. Walt Minnick, ID

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