Majority News

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following opening statement – as prepared for delivery – at today’s hearing entitled: A Review of the U.S. Livestock and Poultry Sectors: Marketplace Opportunities and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today applauded news – first reported by Reuters on Tuesday citing several sources familiar with the matter – that the United States Department of Agriculture will join the U.S. Treasury...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following opening statement – as prepared for delivery – at today’s hearing entitled: The Farm Credit System: Oversight and Outlook of the Current Economic...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – United States Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement on House Education and Workforce Committee passage of its child nutrition reauthorization bill. "Historically, child nutrition has not been a partisan...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today issued the following statement regarding EPA’s proposed 2017 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS): “While EPA continues to take steps in the right direction, more must be done to add certainty...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today joined Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) to introduce the Timber Innovation Act – bipartisan legislation that would help accelerate research and development – and ultimately construction – of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S.   Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on   Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following opening statement   – as prepared for delivery – following today’s Committee markup of Chairman   Roberts’ CFTC Reauthorization...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, today led a bipartisan letter co-signed by U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) – members of the Senate Agriculture Committee – calling on the U.S. Department of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following statement upon the release of an updated GMO food labeling bill released by Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS). The Senate is set to vote on this proposal with limited...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following opening statement – as prepared for delivery – following today’s Committee markup of Chairman Roberts’ biotechnology labeling bill. Stabenow’s statement,...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s FY2017 budget request. “President Obama has been a steadfast champion for American agriculture, rural communities,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today held a business meeting where bipartisan legislation to reauthorize child nutrition programs was favorably reported out of the Agriculture Committee. The legislation, “Improving Child Nutrition Integrity...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced that the Committee will hold a business meeting in January 2016 to markup...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following opening statement – as prepared for delivery – at today’s hearing on global hunger.    Stabenow’s statement, as prepared for delivery,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) today applauded action in the transportation conference report that would restore $3 billion in cuts to crop insurance. "I appreciate the dedication to America’s farmers shown by our leadership today in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement regarding EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard announcement. “The Renewable Fuel Standard has proven to be an effective tool for strengthening our advanced...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following opening statement – as prepared for delivery – at today’s hearing on wildfires.  Stabenow’s statement, as prepared for delivery, follows. Thank you, Mr....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today applauded the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest Service for taking a major step forward toward restoring three National forests in Michigan.   “Michigan’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today applauded the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest Service for taking a major step forward toward restoring three National forests in Michigan.   “Michigan’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today applauded the decision by The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research to create a new rapid response program to help protect farmers and consumers from threats to our food supply. “Today...