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  • Owens-Backed Legislation Moves Forward with Farm Bill
    May 16, 2013 - This week, the House Agriculture Committee approved its version of the Farm Bill, moving the legislation to the floor for consideration of the full House of Representatives. Congressman Bill Owens, who has long advocated for the Farm Bill to move forward, praised the bipartisan effort and called on ... More
  • Owens Announces Agricultural Advisory Committee
    May 9, 2013 - Congressman Bill Owens today announced an Agricultural Advisory Committee for New York’s 21st Congressional District. The Committee consists of members of the farm community from across the district and is intended to help advise Congressman Owens on the needs of New York farmers and provide a local... More
  • Owens Urges GOP Leadership to Call House Back to Consider 2012 Farm Bill
    Aug 3, 2012 - Congressman Bill Owens urged House Speaker John Boehner today to call the House of Representatives back to Washington to vote on the 2012 Farm Bill. Owens voted against a measure Thursday that would allow the House to adjourn for more than five weeks until September 10th. The motion to adjourn faile... More
  • Owens Urges House Leadership to Bring Farm Bill to Floor for Vote
    Jul 20, 2012 - Congressman Bill Owens joined 79 of his Democratic and Republican colleagues in sending a letter to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives today, urging the 2012 Farm Bill (H.R. 6083) to be brought to the floor for a vote. The legislation, which renews expiring federal farm and food pro... More
  • Owens to Hold Telephone Town Hall Next Tuesday
    Jul 18, 2012 - In an ongoing effort to conduct an open discussion about the issues that affect New York, Congressman Bill Owens will hold a telephone town hall next Tuesday, July 24th. Owens will update callers about the push to create quality New York jobs and take questions from callers from 7:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.... More
  • Farm Bill Passes House Agriculture Committee with Owens Support
    Jul 12, 2012 - The 2012 Farm Bill cleared the House Agriculture Committee early this morning by a bipartisan vote of 35-11. The legislation, which reauthorizes federal agriculture programs for five years, represents a good step forward toward reducing the nation’s federal deficit and the House striking a bipartisa... More
  • Owens to Hold Telephone Town Hall Next Tuesday
    Jul 3, 2012 - In an ongoing effort to conduct an open discussion about the issues that affect New York, Congressman Bill Owens will hold a telephone town hall next Tuesday, July 10th. Owens will update callers about the push to create quality New York jobs and take questions from callers from 7:25 p.m. to 8:25 p.... More
  • Owens discusses farm bill
    Jun 25, 2012 - This is the first segment from an interview with U.S. Rep. Bill Owens, D-Plattsburgh, in Glens Falls on Friday. Q; The farm bill. The Senate has passed the farm bill. And, according to Sen. Gillibrand’s office, one of the aspects of that is a rural broadband program. Is that also in the House versio... More
  • U.S. Congressman in Montreal to promote expansion of Quebec-New York trade corridors
    May 31, 2012 - Last week the U.S. Congressman Bill Owens, representing northern New York state, addressed Quebec business leaders in downtown Montreal on the advantages of considering his area in their companies’ expansion plans. The Ireland-Canada and Plattsburgh-North County Chamber of Commerce hosted the semina... More
  • Owens Announces Withdrawal of Regulation Preventing Youth From Working on Family Farms
    Apr 26, 2012 - Congressman Bill Owens announced this evening that a proposed regulation from the Department of Labor that would prohibit youth from working on the farm has been officially withdrawn. After being contacted by a young constituent from Watertown on the matter, Owens wrote to the Department of Labor, u... More
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