Department of Agriculture Oversight Hearing
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on USDA oversight before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. They discussed a variety of topics including mitigating child …
507 viewsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on USDA oversight before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. They discussed a variety of topics including mitigating child …
507 viewsGroups representing farmers testified on crop insurance and other federal safety net programs for farmers at a Senate Agriculture subcommittee hearing. Two panels of witnesses represented lo…
813 viewsThe Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, chaired by Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), held a hearing on federal food assistance funding in the upcoming farm bill reauthorizati…
4,084 viewsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee on the Department of Agriculture (USDA) operations and recommendations for the 2023 farm bill. Topics incl…
1,239 viewsAgriculture Department officials testified on nutrition programs in the 2023 farm bill. Topics included the methodology for determining Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benef…
1,438 viewsAgriculture Undersecretaries Alexis Taylor and Jenny Moffitt joined Sarah Charles, assistant to the administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), to testify in fro…
990 viewsAgriculture Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics Chavonda Jacobs-Young and others testified at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on ways to improve research programs in …
655 viewsCommodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam testified at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the collapse and bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. He called on Congr…
1,925 viewsThe Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing on the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act, which aims to give oversight of the cryptocurrency industry to the Commodity Futures Tradi…
718 viewsWestern water and forestry experts testified at a a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry and Natural Resources hearing on a growing crisis in the western states…
1,077 viewsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified at a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing on agriculture policy. Addressing an ongoing baby formula shortage, Secretary Vi…
552 viewsCommodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Rostin Behnam testified at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the regulation and risk of financial digital assets such as bitcoin a…
1,791 viewsThe Senate Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research held a hearing focused on nutrition. Topics included health care, federal subsidies, food production, a…
1,331 viewsHearings to examine the nominations of Rostin Behnam, of Maryland, to be Chairman, and to be a Commissioner, of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
33 viewsDairy farmers and agriculture economists testified before a Senate Agriculture subcommittee on the Federal Milk Marketing Order system and its effects on milk pricing.
786 viewsHearings to examine the nominations of Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Under Secretary for Rural Development, and Robert Farrell Bonnie, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Far…
18 viewsThe Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing on the cattle industry markets and the factors that impact them, from the farm to the consumer. They discussed several topics during the heari…
1,955 viewsHearings to examine renewable energy, focusing on growth and opportunities for rural economies.
26 viewsHearings to examine Federal, state, and private forestlands, focusing on opportunities for addressing climate change.
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