Bill H.R.8707 titled “To provide increased financial assistance for farmers markets and farmers market nutrition programs, to increase local agricultural production through food bank in-house production and local farmer contracting; and for other purposes” was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Marcy Kaptur with Sanford Bishop, Shontel Brown, Adriano Espaillat, Tim Ryan as cosponsors.
Bill H.Res.1322 titled “Expressing support for the recognition of August 14 through August 20, 2022, as Warehouse Worker Recognition Week
the national event celebrating the workers in the logistics industry”. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Norma Torres with Pete Aguilar, Nanette Barragan, Karen Bass, Tony Cárdenas, Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick, Judy Chu, Yvette Clarke, Adriano Espaillat, Sylvia Garcia, Stephen Lynch, Carolyn Maloney, Donald Norcross, Mikie Sherrill, Darren Soto, Mark Takano, Paul Tonko, Nydia Velazquez as cosponsors.
The Education and Labor Committee moves forward in some way on one bill per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| To provide increased financial assistance for farmers markets and farmers market nutrition programs, to increase local agricultural production through food bank in-house production and local farmer contracting; and for other purposes. | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy | House of Representatives |
| Expressing support for the recognition of August 14 through August 20, 2022, as "Warehouse Worker Recognition Week", the national event celebrating the workers in the logistics industry. | Rep. Torres, Norma J. |
