Senate leadership announced new members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, which will be evenly split with 11 Democrats and 11 Republicans, reports Progressive Farmer.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced new Democratic members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, including Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico and Raphael Warnock of Georgia. Sen. Bob Casey, R-Pa., has left the committee.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., also announced that newly elected GOP Sens. Roger Marshall of Kansas and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama would join the returning members of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
New members to the committee were named after the committee held the confirmation hearing Tuesday for Tom Vilsack to become USDA secretary.
