Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Agriculture Committee and the Farm Bill Conference Committee, released the following statement on the Agriculture Department’s announced $12 billion “short-term” support for U.S. farmers who are struggling because of President Trump’s trade policies: “This is merely a band-aid for a wound… Read more »

Dear Friend, I was honored to be named as a Conferee to the Farm Bill Conference Committee, which has the important task of resolving the wide differences between the House and Senate-passed Farm Bills. The Farm Bill covers programs related to agriculture, such as nutrition, conservation, forestry, and rural development. During the last Farm Bill five years ago, I was able to deliver… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), the first Representative from New Hampshire to serve on the House Agriculture Committee in decades, was named as a Conferee to the Farm Bill Conference Committee. This Conference Committee will have the task of reconciling the House-passed and Senate-passed Farm Bills that reauthorize Federal farm and nutrition policy. The Farm Bill,… Read more »

Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, released the following statement on House passage of a partisan Farm Bill: “This vote represents the worst of Washington partisan horse trading. This exact same bill was voted down just weeks ago because it’s bad legislation that fails to deliver for small family famers across the country. This… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) welcomed the announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it will reevaluate the labeling of pure maple syrup and honey. Earlier this year, the FDA had announced that pure maple syrup and pure honey would need to have an “added sugar” label. Kuster joined a bipartisan call to the FDA to exempt maple syrup and honey… Read more »

Beautiful lupine season in the North Country!  Dear Friend,  As a lifelong skier and co-chair of the Congressional Ski and Snowboard Caucus, it was wonderful to take part in Ski NH’s Annual Conference and Trade Show last week in Bretton Woods.… Read more »

Dear Friend, Last week, I had the pleasure of hosting Nashua Fire Chief Brian Rhodes for the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force roundtable on successful treatment strategies to address the opioid epidemic. Rhodes oversees Nashua’s successful ‘Safe Stations’ intervention program, a first in the nation model that uses fire stations as a designated safe environment for… Read more »

Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, released the following statement on the failure of the partisan Farm Bill: “Today’s rejection of the Republican Farm Bill underscores the need to go back to the drawing table and advance a better, bipartisan Farm Bill. The Farm Bill has always been a piece of legislation that brings together… Read more »

Dear Friend, I wanted to give you a personal update. After a lifetime of hiking, biking and skiing in the White Mountains, I had hip replacement surgery on Wednesday. The surgery went very well and I’m excited to get back to work and back to all the activities that make the Granite State such a wonderful place to live. I appreciate the encouraging words I’ve received from so… Read more »

Yesterday, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, joined a bipartisan call on U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to ensure protections for domestic dairy farmers during negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The letter specifically raises concerns about a Canadian program that unfairly props up Canadian dairy producers… Read more »