Senate Farm Bill schedule
Washington, DC – Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee’s Farm Bill hearing schedule for February and March, noting that the Committee will continue examining Farm Bill principles and evaluating policy solutions to develop a 2012 Farm Bill. Below are the details of the next series of hearings...
Read MoreCongressional action of Department of Labor proposed rule for farm youth.
Colorado Farm Bureau would like to thank Rep. Tipton for holding a hearing regarding a proposed rule by the Department of Labor that would adversely affect youth involved in agriculture. This link will take you to Rep. Tipton’s...
Read MoreLawmakers Question EPA’s Sue-&-Settle Tactic
Republican leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last week wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson accusing the agency of choosing to settle activist lawsuits under terms EPA then uses to expand its regulatory authority. EPA reportedly is negotiating with environmental groups to settle two lawsuits concerning the...
Read MoreAFBF Establishes Priority Issues for 2012
Congress will debate numerous issues this year. And the American Farm Bureau Federation has positions on a multitude of issues. But President Bob Stallman says the organization must focus its resources on a short list of priority issues to wield influence in Washington, D.C. “It’s very important that we pass a farm bill in 2012,” Stallman said. “The current one expires at the end of 2012....
Read MoreObama Rejects Keystone XL
President Barack Obama on Wednesday issued a statementexplaining his denial of a pending application for the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline to carry petroleum from Canada to refineries in Texas and St. Louis. The White House last November delayed a final decision until after the 2012 election, citing the need for more review, despite the years-long State Department analysis of the...
Read MoreAFBF Makes 2012 Policy Changes
National farm policy should be rewritten this year to establish a program that protects farmers from catastrophic revenue losses by using a flexible combination of fiscally responsible tools, said voting delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 93rd Annual Meeting. In approving the organization’s farm policy for 2012, the farmers and ranchers endorsed a multi-pronged policy...
Read MoreLegislative Tracking 2013
