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Officials spoke to reporters about the proposed budget for the Department of Agriculture. Among the components of the budget were programs for farm subsidies, food stamps, food inspection, a…

Deputy Agriculture Secretary Richard Rominger reviewed the annual budget of the Agriculture Department and its subordinate agencies and responded to viewer telephone calls, faxes, and electr…

Mr. Hantman acted as master of ceremonies and introduced the speakers. Deputy Secretary Rominger spoke on behalf of Agriculture Secretary Glickman. Governor Thompson spoke, saying that the 6…

Ms. Browner and Mr. Rominger talked to reporters about a ban imposed on pesticides. They said that the ban was specifically to protect children from the pesticides which were used on a wide …

Administration officials and members of Congress announced a program to deregulate the energy industry. The plan would introduce competition at the local level and would require utility comp…

Secretary of Agriculture, Dan Glickman, held a news conference and spoke about the accomplishments of his agency and the priorities for year 1999.

Senator Tom Daschle unveiled a Democratic farm relief package which included a one-year boost in government commodity loan rates providing $5-billion in farm subsidies. The package dropped p…

Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee members heard testimony on the creation of a national drought emergency commission. The subcommittee heard testimony from federal and local agricultu…

Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman held a meeting with sub-Cabinet officers and top management staff concerning a report with 92 recommendations on how the Department of Agriculture can trea…

Agriculture Department officials talked with reporters about their budget request for the next fiscal year. They took questions from the press.

Secretary Glickman and the Agriculture Department began a series of hearings on the Agriculture Bill. House and Senate Committees have already developed recommendations for adjusting agricul…

Senate Budget Committee members heard testimony on ways to reduce the current federal payments to farmers. Prior to the hearing Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) wrote to Senate Budget Committee…

Following prepared remarks about a proposal to improve the way the government ensures the safety of meat and poultry products, Acting Secretary Richard Rominger and Michael Taylor from the D…

Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy announced the closing of over 1000 field offices across the country as part of the administration’s government reform process. The downsizing is intended to s…

Members of the House Government Operations Agriculture subcommittee held a hearing to talk about proper labeling of fresh and frozen chicken. Testimony from restaurant chefs, industry leader…

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development Food and Drug Administration, and Related agencies began their deliberations on appropriations requests for FY 1995. M…

The Department of Agriculture held its 70th annual Agriculture Outlook Conference. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy delivered the keynote address concerning floods and droughts on annual h…

Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Espy, spoke to Agriculture Department employees and discussed the Agriculture Department’s participation in the National Performance Review government reform p…

The committee heard testimony from Mr. Rominger and other representatives of the Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies on relief for the farmers affected by the flooding of th…