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Agriculture & Rural
Farming, the Farm Bill, food assistance, and rural communities.
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Officials on Agriculture & Rural
Showing 37 of 37 officials — no filters applied
| RJohn Boozman | 5 | 50% | 3 |
| RJohn Hoeven | 4 | 67% | 4 |
| DJohn Fetterman | 3 | 100% | 3 |
| DPeter Welch | 3 | — | 2 |
| IAngus S. King, Jr. | 2 | 100% | 2 |
| DTammy Baldwin | 2 | 50% | 2 |
| RPete Ricketts | 2 | 0% | 2 |
| DGabe Vasquez | 2 | — | 1 |
| RMike Braun | 2 | — | 1 |
| DTina Smith | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RMike Crapo | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RKevin Cramer | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RMike Dunleavy | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RGlenn Thompson | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DCory A. Booker | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| REric Schmitt | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RJames Comer | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RDavid G. Valadao | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| DRon Wyden | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| RJohn Thune | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| RJerry Moran | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| DManny Rutinel | 1 | 0% | 1 |
| RJosh Hawley | 1 | — | 1 |
| RJohn Barrasso | 1 | — | 1 |
| RSusan M. Collins | 1 | — | 1 |
| RChuck Grassley | 1 | — | 1 |
| DPatty Murray | 1 | — | 1 |
| RDeb Fischer | 1 | — | 1 |
| RJim Pillen | 1 | — | 1 |
| RAshley Moody | 1 | — | 1 |
| RCindy Hyde-Smith | 1 | — | 1 |
| RBernie Moreno | 1 | — | 1 |
| RBrad Little | 1 | — | 1 |
| DJosh Green | 1 | — | 1 |
| DJon Ossoff | 1 | — | 1 |
| RSam Graves | 1 | — | 1 |
| DJack Reed | 1 | — | 1 |
Positions on record
- Manny RutinelStated position
Protect and expand food-security programs, including protecting SNAP for vulnerable households.
View position & sources → - James ComerStated position
Fully legalize industrial hemp at the federal level by removing it from the controlled-substances schedule, sponsoring the House Hemp Farming Act (H.R. 5485).
View position & sources → - Glenn ThompsonStated position
Enact a new farm bill — the Farm, Food, and National Security Act — and get it to the President's desk, reauthorizing USDA programs, strengthening crop insurance, and expanding credit access for producers.
View position & sources → - John FettermanStated position
Fetterman committed to fighting for a Farm Bill that supports small farmers and rural communities and helps Pennsylvania's agricultural sector.
View position & sources → - John FettermanStated position
On his official Senate site, Fetterman commits to protecting and expanding the SNAP food-assistance program and pushing for universal free school lunch.
View position & sources → - Tina SmithStated position
As Chair of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade, committed to advocate for provisions benefiting Minnesota farmers, push for more open foreign markets, and support strong crop insurance and commodity programs.
View position & sources → - Kevin CramerStated position
Cramer pledged to keep pushing legislation providing relief to North Dakota agricultural producers and to keep working to advance a farm bill.
View position & sources → - Jerry MoranStated position
Pledged to continue efforts to improve federal crop insurance, expand trade demand for Kansas commodities, support livestock producers, and address high energy costs for farmers.
View position & sources → - Mike CrapoStated position
Pledges to keep advocating for opening foreign markets to Idaho's farmers, ranchers, businesses and workers.
View position & sources → - John BoozmanStated position
Keep the needs of Arkansas agricultural producers and rural communities front and center in his work.
View position & sources → - Peter WelchStated position
Continue working with Republican colleagues to pass a multi-year, bipartisan Farm Bill.
View position & sources → - Cindy Hyde-SmithStated position
Committed to keep working toward a Senate Agriculture Committee markup and Senate passage of a new Farm Bill (Farm Bill 2.0) that includes a stronger farm safety net.
View position & sources → - Gabe VasquezStated position
Enact the CHILE Act (H.R. 9884), which he introduced, to deliver $5 billion in direct federal disaster assistance to New Mexico specialty-crop farmers (chile, onions, tomatoes, etc.) and establish a dedicated USDA Specialty Crop Emergency Assistance Framework.
View position & sources → - John BarrassoStated position
Pledged to keep fighting for policies that expand American beef production and make it easier for Wyoming ranchers to operate.
View position & sources → - Jon OssoffStated position
Pledged to introduce the Farm Disaster Tax Cut Act, a bill to cut taxes for Georgia farmers by excluding crop insurance indemnity payments from taxable income after natural disasters and other losses.
View position & sources → - Pete RickettsStated position
Advance his PLOT Act to combat Chinese ownership of American farmland by strengthening USDA foreign ag-land reporting.
View position & sources → - John FettermanStated position
Fetterman committed to protecting SNAP food workers by introducing/reintroducing the Food and Nutrition Delivery Safety Act to add worker protections.
View position & sources → - Josh GreenStated position
Expand SNAP matching programs to make local produce more accessible.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Brad LittleStated position
Maintain the state's water-infrastructure investments to support agriculture and rural communities.
View position & sources → - Susan M. CollinsStated position
Introduced the bipartisan Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act, which she said would direct the USDA to provide financial assistance to farmers affected by PFAS contamination and expand PFAS monitoring and testing.
View position & sources → - Angus S. King, Jr.Stated position
Backed the Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act to direct the USDA to release funds so SNAP and WIC food assistance continue uninterrupted during a government shutdown.
View position & sources → - Josh HawleyStated position
Introduce the Keep SNAP Funded Act to reinstate and fully fund SNAP food-stamp benefits and farm programs during the government shutdown.
View position & sources → - Jack ReedStated position
Introduced the bipartisan Strengthening Local Food Security Act (S. 2338) to create a permanent grant program for states and tribes to buy local food from farmers and fishermen for hunger-relief programs and schools.
View position & sources → - Bernie MorenoStated position
Secure $1.3 billion for rural hospitals across Ohio as part of the reconciliation bill's rural hospital fund.
View position & sources → - Sam GravesStated position
Sponsor and enact the Save America's Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3684) to help prevent the closure of rural hospitals and preserve access to care in rural communities — a bill Graves has reintroduced across multiple Congresses (115th–119th).
View position & sources → - Patty MurrayStated position
Vowed to oppose Republican cuts to SNAP food assistance, pledging not to stay quiet as families lose food aid.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - Deb FischerStated position
Pledged that her bipartisan Precision Ag Package would improve agricultural producers' access to precision-agriculture tools to make their operations more productive, efficient, and less resource-intensive.
View position & sources → - Ashley MoodyStated position
Filed the Defending Domestic Orange Juice Production Act to modernize an outdated FDA orange-juice (Brix) standard and pledged to fight to support Florida's citrus growers.
View position & sources → - Peter WelchStated position
Lead the Milk from Family Dairies Act to combat consolidation in the dairy industry and ensure fair prices for family dairy farms.
View position & sources → - Mike BraunStated position
Create a tax credit for retiring farmers who pass their farms on to the next generation.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - John HoevenStated position
As chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, committed to continue working to provide the tools and resources needed to support a strong agricultural economy and expand market access for producers.
View position & sources → - Jim PillenStated position
Advance legislation to ban the manufacture, distribution, and sale of lab-grown ('fake') meat in Nebraska.
View position & sources → - Chuck GrassleyStated position
Vowed not to give up pushing the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act to increase cattle-market transparency and protect independent producers from meatpacker concentration.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - John BoozmanStated position
Forge a bipartisan farm bill from the House and Senate frameworks and pass it into law before the 118th Congress ends.
View position & sources → - Ron WydenStated position
Committed, through legislation, to give rural and underserved hospitals the means to keep their labor and delivery units open and to prevent hospital chains from taking funding and closing units.
View position & sources → - Pete RickettsStated position
Fight to enact a Farm Bill that includes a robust crop insurance program, expanded trade opportunities, and conservation programs.
No primary source on file — not verified against the record
View position & sources → - John BoozmanStated position
Bolster Title I statutory reference prices and maintain and improve crop insurance as his top farm bill priorities (advanced via the FARMER Act, which raises crop-insurance premium support levels).
View position & sources → - Mike DunleavyStated position
Develop Alaska's land and water resources so the state becomes food independent again.
View position & sources → - Tammy BaldwinStated position
Pass the AFIDA Improvements Act to strengthen tracking, reporting, and enforcement of foreign investment in American agricultural farmland.
View position & sources → - John HoevenStated position
Committed, through the Producer and Agricultural Credit Enhancement (PACE) Act, to updating USDA farm credit programs so producers have access to needed capital.
View position & sources → - Eric SchmittStated position
On being sworn in, pledged to fight for Missouri's farmers, small business owners, and parents and families as their senator.
View position & sources → - John HoevenStated position
Committed to working to ensure North Dakota producers have the opportunity to give direct input on the next farm bill.
View position & sources → - John HoevenStated position
Committed to improving cattle market transparency and competition through the cattle contract library established at USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service.
View position & sources → - John ThuneStated position
Restore the year-round, nationwide sale of E15 and higher ethanol blends to leverage American agriculture and give fuel retailers seasonal certainty.
View position & sources → - Angus S. King, Jr.Stated position
Backed the Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act to create a federal safety net providing financial relief, plus monitoring, testing, and remediation, for farms contaminated by PFAS 'forever chemicals.'
View position & sources → - Cory A. BookerStated position
Booker committed to advancing the Farm System Reform Act, which would place an immediate moratorium on new and expanding large concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and phase out the largest existing CAFOs by 2040, while restoring mandatory country-of-origin labeling.
View position & sources → - David G. ValadaoStated position
Modernize the H-2A agricultural guest-worker program to give Central Valley farmers a reliable, legal workforce; cosponsored the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R. 1603, 117th Congress) and the Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act.
View position & sources → - Tammy BaldwinStated position
Support Wisconsin's dairy farmers and cheesemakers by securing funding for the Dairy Business Innovation Initiative to help dairy businesses diversify and add value.
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