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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced witnesses for the Committee’s hearing to review the U.S. livestock and poultry sectors. What:  A Review of the U.S. Livestock and Poultry Sectors: Marketplace‎ Opportunities and...

WASHINGTON, D.C.  - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a hearing on the Farm Credit System.  The hearing, titled “The Farm Credit System: Oversight and Outlook of the Current Economic Climate,” had two panels. For witness info, testimony,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a hearing to review the U.S. livestock and poultry sectors. Title:   A Review of the U.S. Livestock and Poultry Sectors: Marketplace‎ Opportunities and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced witnesses for the Committee’s hearing on the Farm Credit System. What:  The Farm Credit System: Oversight and Outlook of the Current Economic Climate Who:   Panel I The Honorable...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a hearing on the Farm Credit System. Title:   The Farm Credit System: Oversight and Outlook of the Current Economic Climate  Date:  Thursday, May 19,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, today led 26 Senators in sending a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, urging a strong framework for American agriculture in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP). The 13th round of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today released a statement after receiving a letter from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inspector...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a business meeting where the Chairman’s Mark to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was favorably reported out of the Committee on a 11-9 vote. Due to scheduling, the final...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, is pleased to announce broad support of his Chairman’s Mark on reauthorizing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which will be considered at the Committee’s business meeting on...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, announced the Committee will hold a business meeting on April 14 to markup legislation reauthorizing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Title:   Business Meeting Date:  Thursday, April 14,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, today sent a letter to Arthur A. Elkins, Jr., the inspector general of the U.S. Environmental Protection...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement regarding an anti-agriculture billboard in Washington state funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “This disturbing billboard is a bold example of exactly what...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, today announced a hearing on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rural development programs before the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy. Roberts serves as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today released the following statement regarding the Senate’s failure to invoke cloture on the Biotechnology Labeling Solutions Bill: “For more than a year, I have called on my colleagues across the aisle to come to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today urged the Senate to support his legislation to provide a uniform standard for bioengineering and an incentive to provide more information on biotechnology to consumers.  The Biotechnology Labeling Solutions bill is Chairman Roberts’...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Senate has proceeded to floor debate on his proposal to provide a uniform standard for bioengineering and an incentive to provide more information on biotechnology to consumers. “This...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a business meeting where the Chairman’s Mark on Biotechnology Labeling Solutions was favorably reported with a bipartisan vote of 14-6. The legislation, which creates a national solution for a state-by-state...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement after the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC) released a report today on position...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a business meeting on March 1 to consider the Chairman’s Mark on Biotechnology Labeling Solutions. The previously scheduled business meeting was postponed due to changes in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Due to changes on the Senate floor, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s business meeting to consider the Chairman’s Mark on Biotechnology Labeling Solutions is postponed until next week. A media advisory will be distributed once a date is scheduled.  -30-