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<br />year on these programs. The overall total also would include $500 million in new funding to buy
<br />fruits and vegetables for school lunches.
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<br />· Conservation projects would get $7.8 billion over 10 years. Democrats in both houses have named
<br />conservation as a major issue.
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<br />· Farmers could buy enough crop insurance to cover their entire operations. Currently, fanners can
<br />purchase enough to cover 70 percent of operations. The Agriculture Department says this provision
<br />- as well as the proposed change to the countercyclical program - would eliminate the need for ad-
<br />hoc agricultural disaster relief. Democrats pushing for a permanent disaster title in the farm bill say
<br />the plan isn't enough.
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<br />Natural Resources Committee Announces Subcommittee Lineup: On Feb 2, House Natural Resources
<br />Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) and Ranking Member Don Young (R-AK) announced the
<br />roster of members who will serve on each subcommittee for the II Oth Congress.
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<br />Listed below is the full membership of the five subcommittees for the Il0th Congress:
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<br />Subcommittee on Ener2V and Mineral Resources:
<br />Chairman: Jim Costa (CA)
<br />Ranking Republican Member: Stevan Pearce (NM)
<br />Democrats: Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (AS), Solomon P. Ortiz (TX), Rush D. Holt (NJ), Dan
<br />Boren (OK), Maurice D. Hinchey (NY), Patrick J. Kennedy (RI), and Hilda L. Solis (CA).
<br />Republicans:Bobby Jindal (LA), Louie Gohmert (TX), Bill Shuster (P A), Dean Heller (NY), and
<br />Bill Sali (ID).
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<br />Subcommittee on Fisheries. Wildlife. and Oceans:
<br />Chairwoman: Madeleine Z. Bordallo (GU)
<br />Ranking Republican Member: Henry E. Brown, Jr. (SC)
<br />Democrats: Dale E. Kildee (MI), Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (AS), Neil Abercrombie (HI),
<br />Solomon P. Ortiz (TX), Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ), Patrick J. Kennedy (RI), Ron Kind (WI), and
<br />Lois Capps (CA).
<br />Republlcans:Jim Saxton (NJ), Wayne Gilchrest (MD), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (W A), Bobby
<br />Jindal (LA), Tom Cole (OK), and Bill Sali (ID).
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<br />Subcommittee on Insular Affairs:
<br />Chairwoman: Donna M. Christensen (VI)
<br />Ranking Republican Member: Luis G. Fortuno (PR)
<br />Democrats: Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (AS), Raul M. Grijalva (AZ), and Madeleine Z. Bordallo.
<br />Republicans: Elton Gallegly (CA), and Jeff Flake (AZ).
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<br />Subcommittee on National Parks. Forests. and Public Lands:
<br />Chairman: Raul M. Grijalva (AZ)
<br />Ranking Republican Member: Rob Bishop (UT)
<br />Democrats: Dale E. Kildee (MI), Neil Abercrombie (HI), Donna M. Christensen (VI), Rush D.
<br />Holt (NJ), Dan Boren (OK), John P. Sarbanes (MD), Peter A. DeFazio (OR), Maurice D. Hinchey
<br />(NY), Ron Kind (WI), Lois Capps (CA), Jay Inslee (W A), Mark Udall (CO), Stephanie Herseth
<br />(SD), and Heath Shuler (NC).
<br />Republicans: John 1. Duncan, Jr. (TN), Chris Cannon (UT), Thomas G. Tancredo (CO), Jeff
<br />Flake (AZ), Rick Renzi (AZ), Stevan Pearce (NM), Henry E. Brown, Jr. (SC), Louie Gohrnert
<br />(TX), Tom Cole (OK), Dean Heller (NV),Bill Sali (ill), and Doug Lamborn (CO).
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<br />Subcommittee on Water and Power:
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