{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2023/09/28/higgins-crawford-introduce-prioritizing-offensive-agriculture-disputes-and/", "Higgins, Crawford Introduce the Prioritizing Offensive Agriculture Disputes and Enforcement Act", "2023-09-28", "2023", "2023-09", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Clay Higgins", "H001077", "clayhiggins.house.gov", "clayhiggins", "https://clayhiggins.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), a staunch advocate for Louisiana\u2019s agricultural community, and Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) introduced the Prioritizing Offensive Agriculture Disputes and Enforcement Act. The bill identifies trade barriers to the United States agriculture exports and develops strategies to enforce violations of trade agreements.\n\nThe initiative enhances Congressman Higgins\u2019 ongoing efforts to support Louisiana\u2019s unique agricultural needs in the Farm Bill.\n\nThis legislation has support from USA Rice and bicameral backing, including a Senate Companion Bill led by Sen Cassidy (R-LA). The Prioritizing Offensive Agriculture Disputes and Enforcement Act is a vital piece of legislation that will fortify the U.S. agriculture industry and promote fair trade practices.\n\n\u201cThis legislation aligns with our commitment to provide critically needed financial, trade, and workforce development to our farmers, fishermen, and producers,\u201d said Congressman Higgins. \u201cIt is imperative that we ensure an even playing field for American exports and strengthen fair trading relationships with foreign countries.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis bill helps get us to a point where our government is going to coordinate and strategize to get more wins for agriculture on the board, and there\u2019s no better place to start than with India. This bill is a win for all of U.S. agriculture because what our trading partners and our export competition are doing has an effect on us, so we need to use all of our tools available to resolve the tipping of the scales we\u2019re seeing,\u201dsaid Rep. Crawford.\n\n\u201cWe appreciate Senator Cassidy, Congressman Higgins and their colleagues for leading in Congress on this critical issue for the U.S. rice industry,\u201d said Bobby Hanks, CEO of Supreme Rice in Crowley, Louisiana, and chair of the USA Rice International Trade Policy Committee. \u201cA WTO case against India\u2019s rice subsidies is long overdue and long-term policy changes in India would help to make rice farmers from the U.S. and other origins that play by the rules, more competitive on the world market.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:37:48Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://clayhiggins.house.gov/2023/09/28/higgins-crawford-introduce-prioritizing-offensive-agriculture-disputes-and/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1007781140506268, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}