Peterson Elected House Ag Chair

Congressman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota’s Seventh Congressional District was elected chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture last week. This is the second time Peterson has served as the committee’s chairman, first serving from 2007 to 2011.

Peterson, who had previously served since 2011 as the committee’s ranking member, said this: “There is no shortage of work to be done. There is a new farm bill to implement, a growing economic storm in farm country to address, and the ongoing harm of a trade war to alleviate, not to mention the range of unforeseen issues that will test the mettle of the people we’re here to serve.”