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Policy and people

From the Agriculture Committees to the floor, in one view.

The bills, nominations, and members behind the department's agenda, in one place your whole office can share.

Your agenda

The work in front of the department right now.

Drawn from public records in Congress.

Farm bill

Farm bill reauthorization

Where it's happening

H.R. 7567 passed the House on April 30, 2026.

How Quorum helps

Quorum tracks each version and the committees and members working on it, with alerts when it moves.

Appropriations

FY2027 appropriations

Where it's happening

H.R. 8646 passed the House on June 4, 2026. H.R. 7010 would delay hemp provisions added by the FY2026 act.

How Quorum helps

Quorum keeps funding bills and the bills that amend them in one record, so report language reaches program offices fast.

Nominations

Leadership nominations

Where it's happening

Glen Smith was confirmed on August 7, 2026. Gregory Ibach's nomination was received on September 28, 2026.

How Quorum helps

Quorum Federal tracks nominations through committee and the floor next to everything else on the agenda.

Tracking view

The records your office would be watching.

A tracking view built from public records in Congress.

Illustrative example built from public records, as of November 9, 2026
  • H.R. 7567 · Federal

    Type: Bill · Level: Federal

    Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026

    Passed House

    Last action: Apr 30, 2026

  • H.R. 8646 · Federal

    Type: Bill · Level: Federal

    Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Act, 2027

    Passed House

    Last action: Jun 4, 2026

  • H.R. 7010 · Federal

    Type: Bill · Level: Federal

    Delay of hemp provisions in the FY2026 act

    Introduced

    Last action: May 20, 2026

  • PN730-59 · Federal

    Type: Bill · Level: Federal

    Nomination: Under Secretary for Rural Development

    Confirmed

    Last action: Aug 7, 2026

  • PN1367-4 · Federal

    Type: Bill · Level: Federal

    Nomination: Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs

    Referred to committee

    Last action: Sep 28, 2026

Who to know

The members who lead the department's committees.

Chosen from public records: who leads the committees with jurisdiction and who moves the bills.

Illustrative example built from public records, as of November 9, 2026

Lawmakers

Sen. John Boozman

U.S. Senator (R-AR) · Federal

Federal

Chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, which handles the farm bill and USDA nominations.

Rep. Glenn "G.T." Thompson

U.S. Representative (R-PA-15) · Federal

Federal

Chairs the House Agriculture Committee, which handled H.R. 7567.

Committees

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Federal

Federal

Handles the farm bill and USDA nominations.

House Committee on Agriculture

Federal

Federal

Handled the House farm bill.

Roles as listed in Quorum's official records on November 9, 2026.

Meeting Prep and CRM agents

Walk into every Hill meeting briefed.

Before a meeting with a member or staff, the Meeting Prep Agent sends a brief with their recent legislative activity and statements. After it, the CRM Agent logs what happened to the right bills.

Quorum product screen showing the Meeting Prep and CRM agents preparing a meeting brief
Meeting Prep and CRM agents in Quorum. Sample data.

From signal to action

How your office could run the farm bill in Quorum.

  1. 1

    Catch it

    Get an alert when the farm bill moves, or when a new bill names the department.

  2. 2

    Understand it

    Read an AI first pass on what a bill would do, then decide priority yourselves.

  3. 3

    Coordinate it

    Assign bills and questions to program offices and track the answers in one board.

  4. 4

    Report it

    Show leadership which meetings, hearings and inquiries touched each issue, from one record.

Who it helps

One record for every office a bill touches.

Congressional relations

Owns the bills, nominations and hearings, and the relationships behind them.

Program offices

Get a plain summary when a bill or report language reaches their programs.

Budget and policy staff

See appropriations bills and report language as they change.

Leadership

Gets a current picture of what Congress is asking and what's moving.

Teams already working this way

Federal and state agencies already work this way in Quorum.

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Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

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Questions you'll want answered

See the department's agenda in Quorum.

Walk through the bills, nominations and members on your agenda in a live Quorum workspace.

Sources and notes
  • Illustrations are built from public records as of November 9, 2026 and labeled Illustrative. They show potential workflows, not work performed for USDA.
  • Bill statuses and officials' roles come from Quorum's records of official legislative sources.
  • Issue descriptions summarize public records and do not state positions.
  • Product images are from www.quorum.us and show sample data.
  • Customer outcomes are from public case studies on www.quorum.us.
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