CONGRESSWOMAN FUDGE TO SERVE AS RANKING MEMBER OF AGRICULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE,
ANNOUNCES FULL LIST OF COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) is pleased to announce her assignment today to serve as Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight and Nutrition in the 113^th Congress.  This subcommittee has jurisdiction over SNAP (food stamps), nutrition, consumer programs, special investigations, and oversight  of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

Effective today, Congresswoman Fudge will also serve on the Agriculture Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology and Foreign Agriculture.  This subcommittee reviews a wide variety of matters including fruits and vegetables, honey and bees, market and promotion orders, plan pesticides, quarantine, adulteration of seeds and insect pests, and foreign agriculture assistance.

“I look forward to enhanced jurisdiction over areas vitally important to constituents of the 11^th District including SNAP, nutrition and a cause I have long championed, reducing the epidemic of childhood obesity.   All Americans count on their food supply to be safe on its journey from farm and field to their dinner tables. I welcome the opportunity to protect their interests in my committee assignments,” said Congresswoman Fudge.

Continuing her service on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, Congresswoman Fudge will remain a member of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protection.

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