 House Appropriations Committee set to mark up crucial labor bill. This is the American Ag Network. I'm Jesse Allen with News of Agriculture. The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee is set to mark up a funding bill that could include some good news for farmers and ranchers. John Walt Boatwright, Director of Government Affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the bill, which dictates funding for the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services,