Agriculture

Rep. Neal Dunn on Wednesday was appointed to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the House Committee on Agriculture, and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology for the 115th Congress. “These committees are fundamental to Florida’s future, to our economy and to the welfare of our veterans,” said Dunn, R-Panama City. “I’m honored to… Read more »

Congressmen Neal Dunn (FL-02) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) teamed up to eliminate unnecessary trade barriers that are hurting American exports and hindering innovation and advances in agricultural production technologies, including biotechnology. The Growing American Food Exports Act amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to update a USDA Foreign Agricultural… Read more »

Congressman attends 'water wars' hearing, says he's hopeful Republican Congressman Dr. Neal Dunn (District 2-Florida) attended Monday’s oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the Florida-Georgia “water wars.” Lawyers for each state spoke the hearing, and Dunn said the meeting was packed with stakeholders from both sides of the Florida-Georgia… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. (FL-02) today attended the U.S. Supreme Court oral argument of the Florida v. Georgia “water wars” case, and issued the following statement Read more »

Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. (FL-02) and Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) led a bipartisan group of 79 House members in urging the USDA, FDA, and EPA to work together to promote innovative new technologies, including agricultural gene editing, to increase yields and reduce the cost of production. In the letter to Secretary Perdue, Commissioner Gottlieb, and Administrator Pruitt, the… Read more »

From his perch on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., led efforts to urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to team up to work on advancing biotechnology.  Dunn paired up with U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., to round up almost 80 fellow members of the House to… Read more »

With the Trump administration continuing renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), members of the Florida congressional delegation are urging they include more protection for the state’s agriculture community.  From his perch on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, last week U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., rounded up most members of the Florida… Read more »

As NAFTA renegotiations continue this weekend in Mexico City, Congressman Neal Dunn, M.D. (FL-02), led a group of 20 Florida House members in support of the Administration’s efforts to protect Florida agriculture from Mexico’s unfair trading practices.   “The new rules for seasonal and perishable products” sought by the Administration, the lawmakers wrote to… Read more »

Today, Dr. Neal Dunn (FL-02) applauded President Trump’s Executive Order to boost American agriculture and rural communities.  The President’s Executive Order creates a new inter-agency task force led by Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. The task force will conduct a review of laws, policies and regulations that hinder America’s agriculture economy and rural… Read more »

APALACHICOLA, FL – Today, Dr. Neal Dunn (FL-02) announced that he has introduced H.J. Res 77, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval to halt the implementation of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revised Master Water Control Manual for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. “This crisis and the fight for our right to river water goes back many… Read more »