Ag Committee Roster Released

The roster for the Minnesota House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee has been named. The co-chairs are DFL Representative Rick Hansen of South St. Paul and Republican Representative Paul Anderson of Starbuck. The Republican members of the committee include four farmers; Representative John Burkel of Badger, Representative Bobbie Harder of Henderson, Nathan Nelson of Hinkley, and Bryan Lawrence of Princeton. The other GOP members of the committee are Representative Steve Gander, who is an optometrist in East Grand Forks, and Representative Steven Jacob, a business owner from Altura. The DFL members are Representative Ester Agbaje, who is a Minneapolis attorney; Representative Luke Frederick who has worked in healthcare at Mankato; full-time legislator Representative Fue Lee of Minneapolis; Representative Andy Smith, who is a business owner in Rochester; Representative Wayne Johnson, a business owner at Cottage Grove and Representative Samantha Vang, a housing advocate from Brooklyn Center.