WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Congressman Ronny Jackson (TX-13) introduced H.R.3419, the Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2023 to make critical investments for the agriculture industry to help prevent, respond to, and mitigate foreign animal diseases. Jackson introduced this legislation along with Representatives Angie Craig (MN-2), Jim… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Congressman Ronny Jackson (TX-13) introduced the Advisory Committees Free of ESG Act to block Federal Advisory Committees from being established within the federal government on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects. In addition, this bill would provide multiple methods to terminate these radical advisory committees.  Jackson… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Ronny Jackson (TX-13) announced he will serve on the Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee and the General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee in the 118th Congress. Jackson said: “I am pleased to announce my subcommittee assignments as a proud Member of the House Agriculture… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Representative Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13), Pete Sessions (R-TX-17), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), and Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Foreign Adversary Risk Management (FARM) Act. This legislation would help protect America’s agricultural industry from malign foreign investors and bolster our supply chain by reforming the… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Ronny Jackson (TX-13) released a statement following his appointment to serve on the House Agriculture Committee. This powerful committee is charged with overseeing federal agriculture policy. This year the Agriculture Committee will be tasked with passing a new farm bill, the most impactful legislation for the… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Ronny Jackson (TX-13) and two of his West Texas colleagues, Representatives Jodey Arrington (TX-19) and August Pfluger (TX-11), led a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership in support of Texas’ cotton industry. Specifically, the letter calls for funding for the U.S.… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Ronny Jackson (TX-13) introduced the Ensuring America's Critical Infrastructure Act, which would codify 16 infrastructure sectors as “critical infrastructure.” These sectors include Chemical, Commercial Facilities, Communications, Critical Manufacturing, Dams, Defense Industrial Base, Emergency Services, Energy, Financial Services, Food and… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Last week, Congressman Ronny Jackson (TX-13) sent a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, calling on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide transparency on its plan to implement Phase 2 of the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) and the Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP), both of which will provide… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Ronny Jackson (TX-13) will vote against H.R. 7606, which is House Democrats’ latest attack in their War on Agriculture. Jackson’s position was formally entered into the Congressional Record ahead of the vote: “Madam Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to a serious issue facing all of rural America: the Biden Administration and the radical Left’s… Read more »

WASHINGTON — This week, Representative Ronny Jackson (TX-13) sent a letter with bipartisan support to Secretary Vilsack of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging him to administer disaster relief aid programs that were approved by Congress last year.  Background: In September 2021, Congress authorized supplemental disaster relief for agricultural producers who… Read more »