Items Tagged with 'Rep. Glenn Thompson'

The Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Republican Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania, has kicked off his work on the next farm bill, even though the panel isn’t officially organized yet.

The chairman-elect of the House Agriculture Committee plans to invite EPA Administrator Michael Regan to testify about the new Waters of the U.S. rule, which the Biden administration released in late December.

The Biden administration is getting pressure from Capitol Hill to expand crop insurance offerings to help farmers deal with rising input costs.

A key Capitol Hill Republican says he plans to focus closely on the nutrition title during deliberations surrounding the upcoming farm bill.

Farmers are struggling this spring with sky-high production costs, but the bigger concern is whether there will be enough fertilizer and other inputs to go around for next season

Congress is facing a Dec. 3 deadline to avert another government shutdown. That’s when the continuing resolution that’s currently funding the government runs out. But Republicans say they won’t agree to a fiscal 2022 spending deal any time soon.