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Farm bill 2018 conference committee members announced
Updated: Senate conferees announced.
August 1, 2018
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The farm bill conference committee is set.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced the Senate Democratic conferees:
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Michigan, Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry;
Sen. Patrick Leahy, Vermont, Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations;
Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohio;
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota;
Republicans named to the committee:
Sen. Pat Roberts, Kansas, Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry;
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky;
Sen. John Boozman, Arkansas;
Sen. John Hoeven, North Dakota, and
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.
“This strong group of Senate conferees knows how to work together on a bipartisan basis to get the Farm Bill across the finish line,” said Roberts and Stabenow in a joint statement. “We look forward to beginning the conference process so we can provide certainty to our farmers, families, and rural communities.”
The nine Senate conferees announced Aug. 1 will join the 47 House members named to the committee on July 18. A public hearing of the committee was not announced.
Speaker Paul Ryan named the Republicans:
House Agriculture Committee
Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK)
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)
Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA)
Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR)
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)
Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL)
Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL)
Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC)
Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS)
Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX)
House Education and the Workforce Committee
Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA)
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)
Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
House Financial Services Committee
Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI)
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA)
Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH)
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC)
Rep. James Comer (R-KY)
House Natural Resources Committee
Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT)
Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-LA)
Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL)
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA)
Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi named the Democrats:
House Committee on Agriculture:
Ranking Member Collin Peterson of Minnesota
Rep. David Scott of Georgia
Rep. Jim Costa of California
Rep. Tim Walz of Minnesota
Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio
Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts
Rep. Filemon Vela of Texas
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico
Rep. Ann Kuster of New Hampshire
Rep. Tom O’Halleran of Arizona
Education and Workforce:
Rep. Alma Adams of North Carolina
Energy and Commerce:
Rep. Paul Tonko of New York
Financial Services:
Ranking Member Maxine Waters of California
Foreign Affairs:
Ranking Member Eliot Engel of New York
Natural Resources:
Ranking Member Raúl Grijalva of Arizona
Oversight and Government Reform:
Rep. Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands
Science, Space and Technology:
Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas
Transportation and Infrastructure:
Rep. Cheri Bustos of Illinois
Source: Office of Speaker Paul Ryan, Office of Nancy Pelosi
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