Agriculture & Rural Development
WASHINGTON – This week, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) and Congressman Barry Moore (AL-01) re-registered the Congressional Peanut Caucus and will serve as the caucus’s bipartisan Democratic and Republican co-chairs, respectively.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) a senior member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee and member of the House Agriculture Committee, supported the passage of a bipartisan bill that provides continued funding for federal departments, agencies, and programs as well as an extension of Farm Bill programs. The bill also includes urgently needed disaster relief for Americans as well as $10 billion in long overdue economic aid for farmers. This morning President Biden signed the bill into law.
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-02), Drew Ferguson (R-GA-03), Dan Kildee (D-MI-08), and Adrian Smith (R-NE-03) led U.S. House approval of S.759, the Beagle Brigade Act. The bill was approved by the U.S. House with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 381-20 and previously passed the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent last month.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) applauded today’s passage of the Beagle Brigade Act by the U.S. Senate and urged House leaders to bring the measure to a vote.
In March 2023, Congressman Bishop introduced the bipartisan H.R. 1480, the Beagle Brigade Act, along with Congressman Drew Ferguson (GA-03), Dan Kildee (MI-08), and Adrian Smith (NE-03). At the same time, U.S. Senators Rev. Raphael Warnock (GA) and Joni Ernst (IA) introduced the companion bill which was approved by unanimous consent in the Senate today.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), the Democratic leader of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture as well as a member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, applauded today’s decision by the Biden-Harris Administration to direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help farmers who grow fruits, vegetables, and nuts overcome market barriers for their products, and help producers access necessary pre-market storage for their crops following severe weather events, including recent hurricanes.
BRINSON, Ga. – Yesterday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) received the Friend of the Farm Bureau Award from the Georgia Farm Bureau at a ceremony hosted at Glenn Heard Farms in Brinson.
LESLIE, Ga. – On Monday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) – the top Democrat on the U.S. House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee as well as a member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee – visited Minor Brothers Farms in Sumter County to discuss the Farm Bill. He was joined by Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) and Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) who are the Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (D-GA) joined Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) in introducing H.R. 9242, a bill to rename the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Poultry Research Center in Athens, Georgia after the late President of the Georgia Poultry Federation, Francis “Abit” Massey.
WASHINGTON – Last week, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) and U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (GA) introduced the Protecting Our Produce Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. The companion bills establish a pilot program to provide payments to certain U.S. seasonal and perishable fruit and vegetable producers for relief from unfairly priced seasonal imports.
BLUFFTON, Ga. – Two businesses in Middle and Southwest Georgia are being awarded a total of $1.89 million by the Biden-Harris Administration through two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program and the Local Meat Capacity Grant Program. The funding for these awards was made possible by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which Congressman Bishop supported in Congress.