WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a funding package that would expand funding for rural broadband internet projects, strengthen support for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and protect Central Virginia’s natural resources. In March 2020, Spanberger led a coalition of more than 80 De... Read more »
AGRIPULSE Congress is set to return to Washington next week, and passing additional coronavirus relief legislation will be at the top of the agenda. In this video, Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., talks with Agri-Pulse about what she hopes to see in the aid package as well as her work on carbon credit legislation. Read more »
WRIC (NEXSTAR), BASIL JOHN While the Paycheck Protection Program has helped thousands of businesses stay afloat, Pennsylvania Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson says some farmers are still sinking. “These farm families weren’t eligible to benefit from the tremendous support from the Paycheck Protection Program,” Thompson said. Low sales and a difficult planting season contributed to these struggles. Thompso... Read more »
CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT, CLINT SCHEMMER Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s push to bolster high-speed internet access in communities across the country got the green light Wednesday evening from the U.S. House of Representatives. By a vote of 233 to 188, the chamber passed a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, the Moving America Forward Act, which includes the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act that... Read more »
VPM, PATRICK LARSEN On Friday, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Glen Allen) proposed the Growing Climate Solutions Act. The bipartisan legislation aims to help farmers and foresters get involved in carbon trading, the practice of buying and selling permits - or credits - to emit carbon dioxide. Those credits are intended to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere with market-based incent... Read more »
POLITICO, NICK JULIANO and CATHERINE BOUDREAU House Agriculture Committee members Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.) are introducing legislation today aimed at legitimizing carbon markets for farmers. The bill would grant USDA the authority to certify organizations that measure farms’ greenhouse gas emissions reductions, which growers could sell as carbon offsets. Introduction of th... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Don Bacon (R-NE-02) today introduced bipartisan legislation to break down barriers for farmers, ranchers, and foresters interested in participating in carbon markets and to reward them for embracing climate-smart practices. Limited access to reliable information about markets, qualified technical assistance providers, and cre... Read more »
HOARD'S DAIRYMAN Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry hosted a hearing on the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act, where prominent agricultural leaders urged passage of the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act. U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Committee, and Mike Braun (R-IN), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Fore... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) today joined U.S. Representative Don Bacon (R-NE-02) to announce plans to introduce the Growing Climate Solutions Act in the U.S. House. Introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators Mike Braun (R-IN) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), the bill seeks to help farmers, ranchers, and foresters participate in the voluntary carbon market by establis... Read more »
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, CHRIS CLAYTON GLENWOOD, Iowa (DTN) -- Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday heard about the need for farmers, ranchers and foresters to benefit from conservation practices through environmental markets. Leaders from farm groups and one of the country's largest farmer cooperatives testified on the Growing Climate Solutions act, a bill that would create a progr... Read more »
