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New House Agriculture Committee Republicans Named

The new members of the Republican majority of the House Agriculture Committee have been named; the Democrat members have not yet been assigned. The Republican side will increase from 23 members to 27 under the new majority. The new members are listed below.  Note: those with * are new members to the committee, but the Congressional District was previously represented on the panel; there are 431 Congressional Districts (out of 435) with some farm income, this data is from the NASS 2107 Ag Census (the current census would have been 2021 but was delayed until 2022 and the data is now being collected).

Three Republican committee members in the 117th Congress not returning to Congress (due to defeat) are Mayra Flores (TX 34), Vicki Hart...

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