Following Jan. 1, several appointments have been made involving House Agriculture Committee members in the High Plains Journal region.
U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann, R-KS, announced that Sarah Henry, Randolph, Kansas, will serve as his new district director. Henry joined Mann’s staff in June 2021, initially as district agriculture representative and later as deputy district director.
“When Sarah joined our team in 2021, she had already spent five years advocating for agriculture both on and off Capitol Hill,” Mann said. “Since that time, Sarah has served Kansans in the Big First with empathy, loyalty, and tenacity. She is the consummate professional, and I have the utmost confidence in her abilities. Her experience with both agricultural policy and production agriculture will continue to serve her well as she continues to fight for Kansans in this new role.”
Henry received her bachelor’s in agriculture education from Iowa State University. Prior to joining Rep. Mann’s team, she worked for Nebraska Rep. Adrian Smith, the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Agriculture, and National Corn Growers Association. Over the past year and a half, she has been a member of Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership Class XVI. Sarah, her husband Dalton, and their son Samuel live on a farm north of Manhattan where they have a cow-calf operation.
Also, Rep. Don Bacon, R-NE, has been appointed by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise to the Congressional Office for International Leadership. COIL administers the Open World Program, which is a 10-day program where members of Congress engage with their constituents in diplomacy with political and civic leaders from around the world.
During the program, participants learn to strengthen mutual understanding and share best practices in accountable governance, civil society, private sector, and the rule of law.
“(University of Nebraska Medical Center) is a hosting organization for COIL and our office recently participated in a visit by a healthcare delegation from Ukraine,” Bacon said. “Their program theme was ‘Treating Battlefield Injuries.’ The delegates had a nine-day stay in Omaha, marked by visits with healthcare professionals at UNMC, the Omaha VA, Lutheran Family Services, and government personnel in Lincoln. UNMC refers to delegates they host as Ben Nelson Fellows.”
