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REPUBLICAN MEMBERS:

Pat Roberts, KS--Chairman

Bill Emerson, MO
Steve Gunderson, WI
Larry Combest, TX
Wayne Allard, CO
William E. Barrett, NE
John Andrew Boehner, OH
Thomas Ewing, IL
John T. Doolittle, CA
Robert W. Goodlatte, VA
Richard Pombo, CA
Charles T. Canady, FL
Nick Smith, MI
Terry Everett, AL
Ron Lewis, KY
Richard H. Baker, LA
Michael D. Crapo, ID
Ken Calvert, CA
Helen Chenoweth, ID
John Hostettler, IN
Ed Bryant, TN
Tom Latham, IA
Wes Cooley, OR
Mark Foley, FL
Saxby Chambliss, GA
Ray LaHood, IL

DEMOCRAT MEMBERS:

E. de la Garza,, TX--Ranking minority member

George E. Brown Jr., CA
Charles Rose, NC
Charles W. Stenholm, TX
Harold L. Volkmer, MO
Timothy P. Johnson, SD
Gary Condit, CA
Collin C. Peterson, MN
Calvin M. Dooley, CA
Eva Clayton, NC
David Minge, MN
Earl F. Hilliard, AL
Earl Pomeroy, ND
Tim Holden, PA
Cynthia McKinney, GA
Scotty Baesler, KY
Carol L. Thurman, FL
Benny Thompson, MS
Ed Pastor, AZ
John Baldacci, ME
Sam Farr, CA

DESCRIPTION

The Committee on Agriculture deals with:

1. Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and animals in forest reserves.
2. Agriculture generally.
3. Agricultural and industrial chemistry.
4. Agricultural colleges and experiment stations.
5. Agricultural economics and research.
6. Agricultural education extension services.
7. Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization of prices of agricultural products, and commodities (not including distribution outside of the United States).
8. Animal industry and diseases of animals.
9. Commodities exchanges.
10. Crop insurance and soil conservation.
11. Dairy industry.
12. Entomology and plant quarantine.
13. Extension of farm credit and farm security.
14. Inspection of livestock, and poultry, and meat products, and seafood and seafood products.
15. Forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain.
16. Human nutrition and home economics.
17. Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering.
18. Rural electrification.
19. Rural development.
20. Water conservation related to activities of the Department of Agriculture.

SUBCOMMITTEES

DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, NUTRITION, AND FOREIGN
AGRICULTURE
GENERAL FARM COMMODITIES
LIVESTOCK, DAIRY AND POULTRY
RESOURCE CONSERVATION, RESEARCH, AND FORESTRY
RISK MANAGEMENT AND SPECIALTY CROPS