Minority News

WASHINGTON— After the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory overreach in West Virginia v EPA, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, is calling for a review of United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)...

WASHINGTON— The Republican Leader of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), and the Republican Leader of the House Agriculture Committee, U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about the concerning trend of disregarding...

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) and U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) led 19 of their Senate colleagues on a letter to Doug McKalip, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the United States Trade Representative’s chief agricultural negotiator, urging him, if confirmed, to seek...

WASHINGTON— WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement about beginning the process of technical engagement with India regarding trade-distorting agricultural subsidy practices.“America’s farmers deserve a level...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, from the business meeting to consider S. 4030, the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022, and S.3870, the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act...

WASHINGTON – Today, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR), along with House Committee on Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA 03) and Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R NC-5), announced an agreement to help school and summer providers...

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the hearing entitled 2023 Farm Bill: Perspectives from the Natural State. Good morning. I am delighted to be in Jonesboro and to have the opportunity to bring my friend...

WASHINGTON – Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced the witnesses who will be testifying at the Committee’s upcoming hearing field hearing in Arkansas on the 2023 Farm Bill.   The...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), ranking member of the House Committee on Agriculture are calling on the Biden administration to withdraw its current brief before the Supreme Court in a case involving the...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement about the ‘framework’ announced today by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack. “There is nothing transformative in today’s proposal. Much...

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member, today announced the committee will hold a field hearing in Arkansas to gain input from Natural State agricultural producers as the process of writing the 2023 Farm Bill...

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, from the hearing titled “Opportunities and Challenges Facing Farmers, Families, and Rural Communities”: Click here to watch Boozman deliver his opening...

WASHINGTON— After repeated calls from U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to devise a plan empowering American agricultural producers to help address the global food crisis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced expanded flexibilities within the...

WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement in response to the nomination of Alexis Taylor for USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs.   “I am pleased to have a nominee for the Under Secretary...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement in response to the United States Department of Agriculture’s new proposals for additional agricultural producer flexibilities: “For months I’ve been sounding...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; joined Senators John Thune (R-SD), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and Mike Crapo (R-ID), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, in leading...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, from the hearing entitled Growing Jobs and Economic Opportunity: 2023 Farm Bill Perspectives from Michigan. Good morning. I am delighted to join Chairwoman...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following opening remarks, as prepared, from the legislative hearing to review S. 4030, the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022, and S.3870, the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced that Coleman Garrison will be joining as professional staff managing the conservation and climate portfolios on the Republican side of the committee. “We are excited to welcome Coleman to the committee....

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, is pushing the Biden administration for answers about how it plans to address the looming global food crisis and support U.S producers’ efforts to meet increasing demand.In a letter to Secretary Tom Vilsack, Boozman stresses...