Our 12 State region's representation on 112th Congress committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Robert Casey (D-PA)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

House Committee on Agriculture 

The House Committee on Agriculture has jurisdiction over federal agriculture policy and oversight of some federal agencies, and it can recommend funding appropriations for various government agricultural agencies, programs, and activities.

Christopher Gibson (R-NY-19)

Chris Collins (R-NY-27)

Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA-5)

James McGovern (D-MA)

Joe Courtney (D-CT-2)

Ann Kuster (D-NH)

Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18)

House Agriculture Subcommittees
Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition
Agency oversight, review and analysis, special investigations, food stamps, nutrition and consumer programs.
James P. McGovern, (D-MA)

General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
Commodity programs, risk management, including crop insurance, commodity exchanges, and specialty crops (i.e., sugar, tobacco, peanuts).

Christopher Gibson (R-NY-19)
Chris Collins (R-NY-27)
Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18)
Joe Courtney (D-CT-2)

Conservation, Energy, and Forestry
Soil, water, and resource conservation, small watershed program, energy and biobased energy production, rural electrification, private forestry.
Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA-5), Chair
Ann Kuster (D-NH-2)

Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture
Fruits and vegetables, honey and bees, marketing and promotion orders, plant pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds and insect pests, organic agriculture, research, education and extension, biotechnology, foreign agriculture assistance, trade promotion.

Chris Collins (R-NY-27)
Ann Kuster (D-NH-2)
Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18)

Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit
Livestock, dairy, poultry, meat, seafood and seafood products, inspection, marketing, and promotion of such commodities, aquaculture, animal welfare and grazing, rural development, farm security and family farming matters, and agricultural credit.

Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA-5)
Christopher P. Gibson (R-NY-19)
Joe Courtney (D-CT-2)

House Appropriations Full Committee
The Committee on Appropriations is in charge of setting the specific expenditures of money by the government of the United States. As such, it is one of the most powerful committees.

Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) - Ranking Member
José E. Serrano (D-NY)
Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)
Chaka Fattah (D-PA)
Steve Israel (D-NY)
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)
Charles W. Dent (R-PA)

House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)

Senate Agriculture Committee
The Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry is comprised of 20 members. 11 members of the majority; 9 members of the minority.  The Chairman and Ranking Member are selected at the start of each Congress, and members are assigned to the Committee thereafter.  For more information on the Senate Committee system, click here.
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Robert Casey (D-PA)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

Senate Appropriations Full Committee

The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate.

Susan Collins (R-ME)
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD) - Chair
Partick J. Leahy (D-VT)
Jack Reed (D-RI)
Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)