Aderholt Named Chairman of Agriculture Subcommittee for the House Committee on Appropriations
Aderholt Named Chairman of Agriculture Subcommittee for the House Committee on Appropriations
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04), today released the following statement after being named by Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers to serve as Chairman of the Agriculture Subcommittee.
"It is a privilege to have been selected to serve as Chairman of the Agriculture Subcommittee, " said Aderholt. "A number of challenges lay ahead for this Subcommittee in the coming year: from the lack of a long-term Farm Bill, to much needed FDA oversight, to the challenges the Commodities Future Trading Board faces with the uncertainty of newly implemented laws and regulations imposed by Administration, it is clear we should have a pretty busy year. Having brought critical oversight and an eight percent reduction to the Department of Homeland Security’s budget in the last few years, I am up to the challenge and am honored that Chairman Rogers has placed the confidence in me to bring common-sense reform and oversight to the Agriculture Subcommittee.”
"Chairman Aderholt is an essential and hardworking member of our Committee, not shying away from holding federal agencies accountable for their spending and making smart decisions on the investment of precious tax dollars. I look forward to continuing working with him over the next two years," said Chairman Hal Rogers.
Aderholt served as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security Aderholt for the House Appropriations Committee during the 112th Congress. Since assuming the gavel the focus of the last two years has been reducing the Department's overall budget, while fully funding front-line operations. This was done through rigorous oversight of failing programs like CFATS and creating efficiencies in headquarter operations in order to reposition funds to vital operations within the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
For more information about Aderholt’s work in Congress visit www.aderholt.house.gov.