{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-passes-fy27-agriculture-appropriations-bill-delivering-farmers-and-rural", "House Passes FY27 Agriculture Appropriations Bill Delivering for Farmers and Rural America", "2026-06-04", "2026", "2026-06", "Republican", "House", "MD", "Andy Harris", "H001052", "harris.house.gov", "harris", "https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D., Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration, praised House passage of the Fiscal Year 2027 Agriculture Appropriations Act.\n\nStatement from Congressman Harris:\n\n\"America's farmers and ranchers have set the global standard for agricultural productivity, and this legislation secures that success for generations to come. Building on President Trump's and Secretary Rollins' efforts to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, this bill restores fiscal discipline while directing resources toward protecting livestock and poultry health, advancing agricultural innovation, and modernizing rural infrastructure. I am proud to lead this legislation, which invests in the farmers, watermen, ranchers, and rural communities that power American agriculture\u2014from Maryland's Eastern Shore to agricultural regions across the country.\"\n\nKey Takeaways\n\nChampions U.S. farmers, agriculture, and rural communities by:\n\nContinuing critical investments in agriculture research, rural development loan programs, and animal and plant health programs.\n\nProviding funds to ensure the safety of food, drugs, and medical devices.\n\nEnsuring low-income Americans have access to nutrition programs.\n\nReining in harmful regulations proposed during the Biden Administration that dictate how poultry and livestock producers raise and market their animals.\n\nIncreasing resources for the Food Safety and Inspection Service to fund frontline meat and poultry inspectors and bolster support for state inspection programs.\n\nSupports the Trump Administration and mandate of the American people by:\n\nAligning with the President\u2019s public health priorities by providing $7.1 billion for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to keep food, drugs, and devices safe \u2013 and for initiatives to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA).\n\nDelivering $1.16 billion for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, which is a priority in the President\u2019s budget to protect American agriculture from foreign pests and diseases.\n\nMaintaining \u201cBuy American\u201d provisions that maximize the federal government\u2019s use of services, goods, products, and materials produced and offered in the United States.\n\nBolsters U.S. national security and border protections by:\n\nAddressing foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land by improving the tracking system of foreign-owned land and adding the Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to review agricultural transactions, including purchases made by China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.\n\nDirecting USDA to provide transparency into research funding involving foreign governments, including China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.\n\nIncreasing inspection of foreign drug manufacturing facilities in China and India.\n\nProviding funding for land-grant universities to conduct agricultural research to ensure American producers are better equipped to compete with China.\n\nSafeguards American taxpayer dollars and preserves core functions by:\n\nEliminating funding for the Biden-era Rural Partners Network initiative.\n\nIncluding no funds for climate hubs or climate corps.\n\nA summary of the bill is available here.", 1, "2026-06-27T21:43:38Z", "2026-06-27T22:11:26Z"]], "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://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-passes-fy27-agriculture-appropriations-bill-delivering-farmers-and-rural"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7252967916429043, "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"}