{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-harris-joines-committee-releasing-fy25-agriculture-rural-development-food", "Rep. Harris Joines Committee in Releasing the FY25 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act", "2024-06-11", "2024", "2024-06", "Republican", "House", "MD", "Andy Harris", "H001052", "harris.house.gov", "harris", "https://harris.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2025 bill for the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee. The bill will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow, June 11th at 6:00 p.m. The markup will be live-streamed and can be found on the Committee\u2019s website.\n\nAgriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Subcommittee Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) said, \"As Americans know all too well, our livelihoods depend on agriculture for food, clothing, and thousands of jobs. I am proud the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies bill we put forward today supports our rural communities, strengthens our food supply, continues critical investments in agriculture research and rural broadband, and the FDA to assure the safety of drugs and devices.\n\n\"On a national level, this legislation reins in wasteful Washington spending and targets funding towards core programs that help America\u2019s farmers, ranchers, and rural communities. On a local level, the bill also reins in the regulatory overreach of the Biden Administration that only adds to the higher costs of doing business and living in rural communities.\n\n\"This year, the Agriculture Appropriations bill also focuses on elevating the nutrition needs of SNAP participants by giving states a chance to participate in a pilot program that restricts unhealthy food. As we put this legislation forward, I want to thank my subcommittee staff for their tireless work, and I look forward to its passage on the House Floor.\"\n\nChairman Tom Cole (R-OK) said, \"American production and innovation helps feed, heal, and connect communities. This FY25 bill prioritizes U.S. agriculture, food security, and a safe medical supply. It strengthens our rural communities by investing in broadband and vital nutrition programs. Safeguards to protect our farmlands from being ceded to foreign adversaries are also included. The legislation supports our food supply, producers, and American families. I commend Chairman Harris for delivering a measure that upholds critical core missions all while being responsible stewards of hard-earned tax dollars.\"\n\nFiscal Year 2025 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act\n\nThe Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act provides a total discretionary allocation of $25.873 billion, which is $355 million (1.35%) below the Fiscal Year 2024 enacted level and $2.688 billion (9.4%) below the President\u2019s Budget Request.\n\nThe bill prioritizes agencies and programs that protect our nation\u2019s food and drug supply; support America\u2019s farmers, ranchers, and rural communities; and ensure low-income Americans have access to nutrition programs. The bill also reins in harmful regulations that raise the cost of doing business and make it harder to live and work in rural communities.\n\nKey Takeaways\n\nSupports our rural communities and strengthens our national security and food supply by:\n\nContinuing critical investments in agriculture research, rural broadband, and animal and plant health programs.\n\nProviding sufficient funds to ensure the safety of food, drugs, and medical devices.\n\nEnsuring that low-income Americans have access to nutrition programs.\n\nAddressing foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land by:\n\nImproving the tracking system of foreign-owned land; and\n\nEnsuring the Secretary of Agriculture is included in the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review agricultural transactions and also requiring the notification of CFIUS of agricultural land transactions of national security concern, including purchases made by China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.\n\nReining in harmful regulations that dictate how poultry and livestock producers raise and market their animals.\n\nBlocking revised energy standards for newly constructed homes financed by the Department of Agriculture that would increase costs for rural, lower-income households in an already constrained housing market.\n\nPrioritizing the nutrition needs of participants by allowing states to voluntarily participate in a pilot program to restrict unhealthy food purchases with SNAP benefits.\n\nProviding a $33.8 million increase for the Food Safety and Inspection Service to fund frontline meat and poultry inspectors.\n\nContinuing a program to increase inspection of foreign drug manufacturing facilities in China and India.\n\nProviding adequate funding for land-grant universities to conduct agricultural research, ensuring American producers can compete with China.\n\nMaintaining Buy American provisions that maximize the federal government\u2019s use of services, goods, products, and materials produced and offered in the United States.\n\nFocuses the Executive Branch on its core responsibilities by:\n\nProviding no funds for new programs requested by the Administration.\n\nRefusing to include resources to cover President Biden\u2019s bureaucratic pay increases, saving taxpayers $281 million.\n\nRejecting the funding request for climate hubs.\n\nRequiring the Food and Drug Administration to properly regulate and tackle the illegal e-cigarette products flooding our country before imposing further regulations on legal tobacco products.\n\nReaffirming the political limits outlined in the Hatch Act, particularly those of lobbying Congress and using official resources for political purposes.\n\nDirecting the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to reinstate the July Cattle report, the Cotton Objective Yield Survey, and all County Estimates for Crops and Livestock.\n\nLimiting the agency\u2019s funding flexibility to only core activities.\n\nSupports American values and principles by:\n\nRetaining the gene editing provision, which prohibits the \u201cediting\u201d of heritable genes or altering of genes that can be passed on to offspring.\n\nProhibiting the Biden Administration\u2019s executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).\n\nProhibiting funds for the USDA\u2019s new DEI Office.\n\nProhibiting the use of funds to promote or advance critical race theory.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:11:47Z"]], "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/rep-harris-joines-committee-releasing-fy25-agriculture-rural-development-food"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8245799690485001, "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"}