WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2013 – House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders announced today that the first public meeting for the 2013 Farm Bill conference committee will be held next week on Wednesday, October 30 at 1:00 p.m. ET in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building (the Ways and Means Committee Room). The agenda for the meeting of conferees will include opening statements and discussion of both Senate- and House-passed farm bills.
House conferees include:
Republicans
House Committee on Agriculture
conferees:
– Rep. Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Chairman of the
House Agriculture Committee
– Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
– Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
– Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)
– Rep. K. Michael Conaway (R-TX)
– Rep. Glenn 'GT' Thompson (R-PA)
– Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA)
– Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR)
– Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL)
– Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD)
– Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA)
– Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL)
Leadership conferee:
– Rep. Steve Southerland (R-FL)
House Foreign Affairs Committee conferees:
– Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman
– Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA)
House Ways & Means Committee conferees:
– Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman
– Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX)
Democrats
House Committee on Agriculture conferees:
– Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN), Ranking Member
of House Agriculture Committee
– Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
– Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA)
– Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN)
– Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR)
– Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
– Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
– Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA)
– Rep. Filemon Vela (D-TX)
Leadership conferee:
– Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
House Foreign Affairs Committee conferee:
– Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member
House Ways & Means Committee conferee:
– Rep. Sandy Levin (D-MI), Ranking Member
Senate conferees include:
Democrats
– Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of
the Senate Agriculture Committee
– Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
– Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
– Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
– Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
– Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
– Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Republicans
– Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), Ranking Member of
the Senate Agriculture Committee
– Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)
– Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
– Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)
– Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND)
Visit the Committee Business Meeting webpage for additional information as it is made available.
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