New Chairman Mike Conaway (R-Texas) laid out his agenda for the committee and has reorganized a number of subcommittees to better suit his announced priorities.The House Agriculture Committee held its organizational meeting yesterday to set the stage for the 114th Congress. It adopted a few rule changes in terms of the background information that witnesses must submit before testifying. Traditionally, this has included a curriculum vitae and a disclosure of any grant or contract from the federal government in the current or preceding two fiscal years. Those requirements have been expanded to include disclosure of grants in any of the two preceding calendar years by the witness or any entity that the witness represents as well as the amount...

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