Minority News

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statement about President Joe Biden’s proposed FY2023 budget for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA):“The vision President Biden has laid out for USDA is fraught with misplaced...

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 “Rural Quality of Life: Opportunities and Challenges for the Rural Care Economy”:Thank you very much and thank you for...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced that Katherine Thomas will be joining as senior professional staff on the Republican side of the committee.Thomas, who previously served as a legislative assistant on the committee during the tenure of former...

WASHINGTON—With inflation reaching new record-setting heights in February, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, is calling it a “national emergency” and urging the Biden administration to prioritize driving down costs. Boozman joined his Senate...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, called on U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to delay the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) sign-up deadline and provide flexibility for farmers to purchase crop insurance to help counter the unprecedented disruption...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, criticized President Joe Biden for failing to focus on rural America’s concerns during his State of the Union address and for pursuing policies that exacerbate the economic struggle rural communities...

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 the nominations of Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristen Johnson, Summer Mersinger and Caroline Pham to serve as commissioners of 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, today announced the creation of the bipartisan Senate FFA Caucus. This caucus will work to support teachers and parents preparing the next generation of leaders...

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 “Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation.” Good morning. I am pleased to join Chairwoman Stabenow today...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement about the Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains and Sodium rule announced by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). “The nutrition professionals in our schools do an...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement after a panel ruled that Canada has been unfairly restricting access to its market for U.S. dairy products in violation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). “Given a level...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, applauded Senate adoption of a resolution celebrating the 125th anniversary of the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA). Boozman joined Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) to introduce...

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, authored an opinion piece published in Agri-Pulse that spotlights how Biden administration policies are driving inflation and what that means for the economic future of our family farmers and ranchers.“The...

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced that Chelsie Keys has been promoted to policy director for the Republican side of the committee. In this role, Keys will lead the policy development and strategy for Ranking Member Boozman’s team....

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 leading a bicameral effort calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rescind its decision to revoke 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 the nominations of Chavonda Jacobs-Young to be under secretary for research, education, and economics and Margo Schlanger to be...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined with Republican leaders of committees that have received reconciliation instructions to call on the Democrats to hold legislative hearings and markups with votes on Democrats’ reckless taxing and spending...

WASHINGTON—During a U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry hearing to consider the nomination of the next chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) continued his push for the committee to hold hearings on the Democrat’s reconciliation package. “The committee, 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 opening remarks, as prepared, from the hearing to consider the nomination of Rostin Behnam to be chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC):Good morning. I am pleased to...

WASHINGTON—Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) and a coalition of Republican members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry are calling on Unilever, as parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, to end the ice cream maker’s Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) efforts against Israel. Ben & Jerry’s recently announced that it...