House Democrats, now at the helm of the Ag Committee, circulate list of priorities for 2019 - Entrepreneur Generations

House Democrats in the Agriculture Committee are planning hearings galore and making Farm Bill implementation the top priority of each subcommittee, as revealed in a list of oversight priorities and potential hearings circulated among members this week, Ryan McCrimmon reports for Politico. Here's a quick overview of priorities on the list:

• The nutrition subcommittee plans to review the Trump administration's rulemaking on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work-requirement waivers for able-bodied adults with no dependents. 
• The panel that oversees agriculture research will examine Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue's plans to move the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture out of Washington D.C. by the end of 2019.
• Several subcommittees are planning hearings on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's relief program for farmers and ranchers hurt by the trade war with China, since some lawmakers and farmer groups have said the payments are inadequate for certain crops.

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