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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against the one trillion dollar Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (H.R. 1947), which is commonly known as the “farm” bill. The 1,200-page bill would cost taxpayers 56 percent more than the last “farm” bill, passed by Congress in 2008. Read more »

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives failed to pass H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM) this afternoon. Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (KS-02) released the following statement after voting in favor of the bill: Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Daines blasted the House failure to pass a five-year Farm Bill today, calling Congress’s failure to provide Montana’s agriculture community with the long overdue legislation “unacceptable.” Read more »

U.S. Representative K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas), chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives failed to pass the farm bill: Read more »

Washington, Jun 20 - Congressman Mike Pompeo issued the following statement following his “no” vote on the H.R. 1947, “The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act.” Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Kristi Noem today made the following statement regarding the House’s failure to pass the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (Farm Bill): Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) released the following statement on the Farm Bill. H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, failed to pass the House of Representatives by a vote of 195-234. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso and Representative Cynthia Lummis all R-Wyo., expressed support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to allow the State of Wyoming to oversee groundwater testing in rural Pavillion, Wyoming. EPA also announced it will not rely on the conclusions in its December 2011 draft report linking groundwater contamination in rural Pavillion with hydraulic fracturing. Read more »

Thursday the U.S. House failed to pass H.R. 1947 the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 (FARRM). This revised legislation touted nearly $40 billion in cuts, largely from the ever expanding food stamp eligibility standard, and spending on nutrition programs now constitutes 80% of Farm Bill. U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) voted in support of the bill as an alternative to continued extensions. Read more »

WASHINGTON –The U.S. House of Representatives adopted an amendment to the Farm Bill (H.R. 1497) offered by Reps. Scott Tipton (R-CO), Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Mike Coffman (CO-06) and Cory Gardner (CO-04) to allow the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to lease new air tankers for fighting wildfires, at no additional taxpayer cost. Currently, the Forest Service is limited to leasing only decommissioned military tankers and operating commercial tankers, restricting access to the newest and most effective tankers, as well as forcing the agency to choose from a limited number of tankers in service. Read more »