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WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, called for Congress and the administration to provide a “timely and urgent response” to the looming farm crisis in the form of emergency assistance to farmers and called for a redoubling of efforts to pass a farm bill...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its latest outlook projecting a record negative agriculture trade deficit for fiscal year 2025.   “We have entered uncharted...

WASHINGTON – Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR), Tuesday called on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas Vilsack to address supply chain disruptions and inventory shortages impacting the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today participated in a U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee field hearing entitled “Perspectives on the Future of...

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 on the status of proposed cryptocurrency legislation. “As ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, I have consistently said I believe the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...

WASHINGTON ––U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) unveiled the Senate Republican Farm Bill Framework to a wave of vocal support from his colleagues who have praised the framework’s focus on putting more farm in the farm bill as a real path forward toward a bipartisan farm bill. “Ranking...

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, at the hearing to conduct oversight of digital commodities. Thank you, Madam Chair. Welcome to my colleagues and, again, thank you for calling today’s hearing on the...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) and U.S. House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA) released the following statement on the FY 2023 SNAP Payment Error Rate:"While SNAP is a critical nutrition program for households in need, any level of erroneous...

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, detailed how the recently released Republican farm bill framework puts “more farm in the farm bill” and how it can be used as the basis for a bipartisan path forward in a speech on the Senate floor.  “We believe that...

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 after unveiling the Senate Republican-drafted framework answering the call for a farmer-focused farm bill.  “From the onset of this process, we have sought to draft a farm bill that...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement after the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture approved the “Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2024” and moved the farm bill one step closer to completion.  “I commend Chairman GT...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, issued the following statement after Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released the majority’s farm bill framework. “Chairwoman Stabenow and I have had several conversations about getting our ideas down on paper, so the release of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Boozman, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) finalized its rule revising school meal standards.  “It is good to see the changes reflected in the final rule today. USDA’s proposed rule was far too...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, requested information on how the Biden administration is developing its federal nutrition guidelines for...

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined his colleagues on the Senate floor to voice support for the Federal Agriculture Risk Management Enhancement and Resilience (FARMER) Act which seeks to improve crop insurance affordability by increasing premium...

WASHINGTON—Republican leaders of the Congressional committees tasked with overseeing activities on federal forest lands are calling on the Biden administration to explain its rationale for creating a special definition for “old growth and mature forests” on federal lands. U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on...

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 to conduct oversight of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Good afternoon. Thank you, Chairwoman Stabenow for calling today’s hearing. The...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, announced that the Senate has confirmed Dr. Basil Gooden to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development and the Honorable Summer Mersinger to serve a second...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, said the most recent farm income forecast underscores the need to make meaningful investments in the farm bill’s safety net programs.  “We are witnessing the most rapid and steepest erosion in the farm economy of all...

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 to consider of the nominations of Basil Gooden to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...