GOP’s New Agriculture Members Eye Estate Tax Change, Farm Bill

Six new Republican members of the House Agriculture Committee will seek to inject fresh energy into farm bill talks as the countdown to pass the trillion-dollar legislation begins anew.

This cohort—which consists of five freshmen and Rep. Dan Newhouse (Wash.)—previewed policy priorities in exclusive sit-down interviews with Bloomberg Government during the year’s first full legislative week. House Democrats have yet to announce their panel roster.

Passing a new five-year farm bill remains a top priority in the 119th Congress, and that job should theoretically be easier with unified Republican control of Congress and the White House. Political clashes in a ...