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  • Chairwoman Stabenow Statement on Expiration of the Farm Bill, House Leadership Refusal to Act on Bipartisan Reforms

    Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today issued the following statement regarding the expiration of the 2008 Farm Bill and House Republican leadership’s refusal to bring up the 2012 Farm Bill for consideration – which passed both the full Senate and the House Agriculture Committee with strong, bipartisan support. The 2008 Farm Bill will expire on Sept. 30 and agriculture policy will begin to revert to “perman...

  • Chairwoman Stabenow Calls for Increased Oversight in Wake of Peregrine Financial Group Failure

    Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today issued the following statement regarding the failure of financial firm Peregrine Financial Group and the reported hundreds of millions of dollars in customer funds that are potentially missing. “It is absolutely imperative that there is accountability in the futures markets so customers can feel safe knowing their money is protected,” Chairwoman Stabenow said. “We are...

Minority News

  • Senator Roberts Issues Statement on CFTC’s “Swaps Definitions” Rules

    WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry which is tasked with oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), today released the following statement on the implementation of the CFTC’s new “Swaps Definitions” rules: “On the heels of the federal district court’s decision to block the CFTC proposed ‘position limits’ rule on trades of derivatives an...

  • Senator Roberts Concerned School Nutrition Programs Don’t Meet Needs of Active Students

    WASHINGTON, DC – Following considerable public outcry over the implementation of new nutrition guidelines for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs,  U.S. Senator Pat Roberts today sent a letter to USDA requesting justification of the new policies and further analysis of their effects on active students, on school participation in the program and on the industry and economy as a whole. Senator Roberts is ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutritio...