Last week Congressman Walt Minnick was appointed to two subcommittees of the House Agriculture Committee.
He is now a member of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. That committee oversees soil, water, and resource conservation, small watershed programs, energy and biobased energy production, rural electrification, agricultural credits, and agricultural research, education and extension services.
He is also a member of the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. That committee oversees livestock, dairy, poultry, meat, seafood and seafood products, inspection, marketing, and promotion of such commodities, aquaculture, animal welfare, and grazing.
Given Idaho’s diverse agricultural interests, rural communities and vast federal lands, Walt could not be more pleased by the appointments.