Dairy will have major representation on House ag committee
By Dave Natzke
The dairy industry should be well represented on the House ag committee. U.S. Rep. Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.), committee chair, announced ag committee members for the 111th Congress. There are 28 Democrats (19 from major dairy states) and 17 Republicans (11 from major dairy states), with one Republican seat still vacant.
Serving on the House ag committee are (dairy states in bold):
DEMOCRATS
- Chair Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota
- Rep. Tim Holden of Pennsylvania
- Rep. Mike McIntyre of North Carolina
- Rep. Leonard L. Boswell of Iowa
- Rep. Joe Baca of California
- Rep. Dennis A. Cardoza of California
- Rep. David Scott of Georgia
- Rep. Jim Marshall of Georgia
- Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin of South Dakota
- Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas
- Rep. Jim Costa of California
- Rep. Brad Ellsworth of Indiana
- Rep. Timothy J. Walz of Minnesota
- Rep. Kirsten E. Gillibrand of New York
- Rep. Steve Kagen of Wisconsin
- Rep. Kurt Schrader of Oregon
- Rep. Deborah L. Halvorson of Illinois
- Rep. Kathleen A. Dahlkemper of Pennsylvania
- Rep. Eric J. J. Massa of New York
- Rep. Bobby Bright of Alabama
- Rep. Betsy Markey of Colorado
- Rep. Frank Kratovil, Jr. of Maryland
- Rep. Mark H. Schauer of Michigan
- Rep. Larry Kissell of North Carolina
- Rep. John A. Boccieri of Ohio
- Rep. Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota
- Rep. Travis W. Childers of Mississippi
- Rep. Walt Minnick of Idaho
REPUBLICANS
- Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia
- Rep. Jerry Moran of Kansas
- Rep. Timothy V. Johnson of Illinois
- Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri
- Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama
- Rep. Steve King of Iowa
- Rep. Randy Neugebauer of Texas
- Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina
- Rep. K. Michael Conaway of Texas
- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska
- Rep. Jean Schmidt of Ohio
- Rep. Adrian Smith of Nebraska
- Rep. Robert E. Latta of Ohio
- Rep. Phil Roe of Tennessee
- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri
- Rep. Glenn W. Thompson of Pennsylvania
- one vacancy
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