2. Agriculture and Education
Rep William H. Hatch
– Land Grant Act, 1862
Agriculture Committee Didn’t Create
It—But Owned it
-Agricultural experiment
stations
- State cooperative
extension services
3. Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906
Rep James Wadsworth
• Food and Drug Act of 1906 and the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906
• Pres T. Roosevelt had to convince Wadsworth to allow passage
4. Food Stamp Act of 1964
•May 1939 - Spring 1943 Surplus Food
•Food Stamp Pilot Program Under JFK
•$370.8 million in fiscal year 1968
• $82 billion in fiscal year 2012
5. House Agriculture Committee Today
Frank D. Lucas
(R-OK-3)
Committee
Chairman
Collin C. Peterson
(D-MN-7)
Ranking-Member
- 25 Republicans
- 21 Democrats
Subcommittees
•Conservation, Energy, and Forestry
•Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition
•General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
•Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and
Foreign Agriculture
•Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit
