Welcome to the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry. This text-only page contains links in a general outline of the Committee’s web site, as well as some suggested sources for accessibility software for the disabled.
TTY/TDD users may contact us at 202-224-2587
Our telephone number is area code 202 and the phone number is 2242035
Or, we welcome your correspondence by postal mail addressed to:
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
Room SR-328A
Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC. 20510-6000
Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid or service at committee meetings should contact the chief clerk or hearing clerk at 202-224-2035 no later than the 24 hours before a meeting.
An alphabetical listing of the main sections of the Committee’s web site follows:
Agriculture subjects - farm bill in addition to the production of food and fiber
Committee information - its origin and history as well as Committee rules and the outlook plan for matters likely to be on the Committee’s agenda during the two-year session of the current Congress.
Forestry subjects - including the government’s forest plan and controlling the threat of wildfire through a plan of healthy forests management.
Hearings of the Committee and its subcommittees
Membership of the Committee includes direct links to the Senators’ web sites
Nutrition subjects - covering food programs for the needy, information on balanced diet, and scientific information regarding food safety
News releases issued by the Committee
Subcommittee information, includes jurisdiction and the membership of those subcommittees
The following external links will take you away from the US Senate web pages for accessibility software tools and information. Neither the Senate nor this Committee makes any endorsement of these sites or their organizations nor takes any responsibility for the content of these independent Internet web sites. They are provided as a starting point for your reference and as a courtesy:
http://www.trill-home.com/lynx/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html has a basic browser known as Lynx and compatible with many basic assistive reading programs for web sites on the Internet.
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/ is Microsoft’s web site for accessibility links to free software downloads.
http://access.adobe.com/ is Adobe software’s accessible programs home page for free software downloads that will assist in using the PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader) format used for many documents and forms on the Internet.