U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Dr. Peter Goldsmith, director of the Soybean Innovation Lab and a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois, explained in Agri-Pulse how the Soybean Innovation Lab promotes global food security. Davis serves as the Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research and is Co-Chair of the Congressional Agriculture Research Caucus. Dr. Goldsmith was awarded a U.S. Age...
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Davis participates in the first farm bill conference meeting. Click here for full video of his remarks. U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today participated in the first public meeting of the House and Senate conference committee on the farm bill. In his opening statement, Davis highlighted important provisions he wants to see in the conference report, including making historic investments in the SNAP Employment and Training programs when economic growth is the strongest it’s been in years. Below...
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Davis talks about his priorities for the farm bill. Click here for the full video. U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today highlighted his priorities for the farm bill ahead of the conference committee's first meeting on Wednesday, September 5th. Davis, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, was named to the House-Senate conference committee for the farm bill tasked with resolving the differences between the House and Senate passed bills. Below are Davis' remarks in the video. "The farm bil...
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Springfield, IL- U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), member of both the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Agriculture Committee, today announced that R.D. James, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, will attend Agriculture Day at the State Fair. James directs policy for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has jurisdiction over lock and dam projects throughout the country. James will tour the fair, participate in a discussion with farmers, and tour the LaGrang...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) explained the need for bipartisanship in the conference committee tasked with working out the differences between the House and Senate versions of the farm bill in an interview with The Ripon Advance. Davis was named to the conference committee in July. Below are some excerpts from the article: “I hope it’s a chance like four years ago to sit across from my Republican and Democratic colleagues in Congress and work out our differences. I’m optimistic we can.the con...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today was one of 29 Republicans named by House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to serve on the House-Senate conference committee for the farm bill. In June, the House passed H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act. The conference committee is tasked with resolving the differences between the House- and Senate-passed farm bills. As a freshman on the House Agriculture Committee, Davis served on the conference committee for the 2014 farm bill and now chairs the Subcommi...
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U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) today sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting the USDA to issue guidance that will prevent lunch shaming in schools. “We want schools to work with parents, not target the student, to address outstanding lunch payments," said Davis. “This is an issue that should remain between the parents and the school. Many schools have good policies in place to ensure students are not ta...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), along with members of the Republican Main Street Caucus and the Committee on Agriculture, urged passage of the 2018 Farm Bill in an op-ed printed in the Washington Examiner. H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act, is scheduled to be revoted on by the House today. Davis is the chair of the Republican Main Street Caucus, which is a group of 75 members committed to conservative principles and pragmatic governing. Excerpts from the op-ed are below and full text ca...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today applauded passage of H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act. “Passing this bill not only shows support for agriculture, but it shows the American people that we are not satisfied with the status quo, which is a welfare system that perpetuates poverty,” said Davis. “Despite our growing economy, we still have 9 million more people on SNAP today than we did at the height of the recession when jobs were scarce and unemployment reached double-digits. By invest...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) released this statement after the farm bill failed to pass on the House floor: “As someone who has worked with members from both parties, Democrat and Republican presidents, my message to my colleagues who voted against this bill is reminiscent of a Rolling Stones’ song: ‘you can’t always get what you want.’ "Tanking a bill critical to our farmers not because you disagree with the bill, but because you want a vote on something unrelated is wrong. Refusing to be pa...
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