Minority News

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 U.S. wildfire budgetary impacts and threats to natural resources. “I want to emphasize that our Committee has oversight responsibilities over the U.S. Forest Service, whose primary mission...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today is pleased to announce Senate passage of S.J.Res.22, a joint resolution of disapproval of EPA’s ‘Waters of the United States’ (WOTUS) rule. This resolution, introduced by Agriculture Committee Member Senator Joni...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today on the Senate floor spoke in favor of advancing The Federal Water Quality Protection Act, which would block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory overreach on Waters of the United States (WOTUS).  The Federal Water...

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 upcoming hearing on U.S. wildfire budgetary impacts and threats to natural resources. Title:   Wildfire: Stakeholder Perspectives on Budgetary Impacts and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reaffirming their stance against reopening the 2014 Farm Bill to further cuts, U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced their commitment to finding a bipartisan solution that ensures crop insurance remains an effective risk management tool...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Having secured a commitment from House and Senate leadership to restore the federal crop insurance program in a year-end spending bill, U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., today announced his support for the Bipartisan Budget Act to ensure crop insurance remains the most important risk management...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Agriculture Committee Chairmen Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Rep. K. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, and Ranking Members Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., made the following statements on the budget deal.  The Members of Congress stand united against reopening the 2014 Farm Bill to...

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 U.S. wildfire budgetary impacts and threats to natural resources. Title:   Wildfire: Stakeholder Perspectives on Budgetary Impacts and Threats to Natural...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)  introduced bipartisan legislation to help farmers purchase new equipment and replace worn-out machinery by amending the U.S. tax code to permanently set a five-year depreciation schedule for certain agricultural equipment. The current tax code sets a seven-year...

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 agriculture biotechnology with federal regulators and perspectives from producers and consumers. “This is the first time in 10 years this Committee has held a hearing on agriculture...

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 federal regulation of agriculture biotechnology. What:  Agriculture Biotechnology: A Look at Federal Regulation and Stakeholder Perspectives Who:...

OVERLAND PARK, KS – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today wrote to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack regarding the lack of certainty and communication to farmers about commodity programs. At issue is the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) implementation of the...

OVERLAND PARK, KS – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today applauded an Appeals Court Ruling that halted implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s overreaching rule regarding the definition of “Waters of the U.S.” pending further judicial...

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 Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations concluded this morning in Atlanta, Ga. “Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations are now complete, and I look forward to taking a...

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 federal regulation of agriculture biotechnology with perspectives from producers and consumers. Title:   Agriculture Biotechnology: A Look at Federal...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today is pleased to announce House passage of H.R. 2051, the Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015. The bipartisan legislation, which reauthorizes Mandatory Price Reporting (MPR), the National Forest Foundation Act and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today is pleased to announce Senate passage of H.R. 2051, the Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015. The bipartisan legislation, which reauthorizes Mandatory Price Reporting (MPR), the National Forest...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today is pleased to announce Senate passage of H.R. 2051, the Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015. The bipartisan legislation, which reauthorizes Mandatory Price Reporting (MPR), the National Forest...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., this week sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting more information regarding USDA’s preparedness efforts during the Highly Pathogenic...

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 bipartisan legislation was passed to reauthorize Mandatory Price Reporting, the National Forest Foundation Act and the U.S. Grain Standards Act. H.R. 2051, as amended, was passed by voice...