Before founding Combest, Sell and Associates, Sell served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for the House Committee on Agriculture, where he was instrumental in crafting the 2002 Farm Bill and the 2000 crop insurance law. Sell also spent time as the USDA Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the President George W. Bush Administration. While Peterson and Sell come from different political perspectives, they both advocate bipartisanship.
Peterson served 30 years in Congress and had been the leader on the Democratic side of the House Agriculture Committee since 2005, chairing the panel twice including during the development and passage of the 2008 Farm Bill which bears his name. Chairman Peterson and the Combest Sell team have played leading roles in the development and passage of the past five farm bills and other major farm legislation.
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Americaâs Grand Bargain on Agriculture Is in Danger
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January 9, 2021
Representative David Scott, a Democrat from Georgia, wears a protective mask while speaking during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. The Federal Reserve is preparing for the possibility of an economically debilitating second wave of coronavirus infections even as it s hoping that can be avoided.
(Bloomberg Opinion) Nobody would mistake Georgiaâs 13th Congressional District for farm country. Its 700 square miles were long ago plowed under for sprawling subdivisions. Nonetheless, House Democrats recently named the districtâs representative, David Scott, to be the new chairman of the powerful agriculture committee. Starting this month, heâll play a key role in shaping the American food system.Thatâs a big shift. Historically, the committee has been led by rural lawmakers whose incentives are strongly aligned with foo