Support rural communities on the General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee and the Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee.

Eric Sorensen · Illinois · Democratic

policy impact 2.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 94%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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On the Committee, I will support rural communities on the General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee and the Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee.

Sorensen commits to support rural communities through his work on specific House Agriculture subcommittees.

Agriculture | Representative Eric Sorensen
primary · other · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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Sorensen’s official agriculture page says he will support rural communities on the General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee and the Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Establishes the exact commitment and the two subcommittees named in the claim.

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Agriculture | Representative Eric Sorensen
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

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The House Agriculture Democrats subcommittee page lists Rep. Eric Sorensen (IL-17) as a Democratic member of the General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Confirms Sorensen held one of the two named subcommittee seats during the relevant House service.

delivered same_term

General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit | House Agriculture Committee Democrats
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

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The House Agriculture Democrats subcommittee page lists Rep. Eric Sorensen (IL-17) as a Democratic member of the Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Confirms Sorensen held the second named subcommittee seat during the relevant House service.

delivered same_term

Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology | House Agriculture Committee Democrats
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

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Congress.gov lists Rep. Eric Sorensen as sponsor of H.R.4865, introduced August 1, 2025 and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture; the bill would require USDA research on measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification of soil carbon sequestration.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Shows concrete conservation and agricultural research action tied to one of the named subcommittees, but the bill was only introduced/referred as of the record reviewed.

partial same_term A for effort

All Info - H.R.4865 - Advancing Research on Agricultural Soil Health Act of 2025
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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GovInfo states that Mr. Sorensen introduced H.R.8457, the Homegrown Fertilizer Act, referred to the Committee on Agriculture; the bill directs USDA to provide grants and loans to increase domestic fertilizer production for United States farmers.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Shows concrete action aimed at lowering agricultural input costs for farmers, but the bill had not become law in the cited introduced version.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 8457 (IH) - Homegrown Fertilizer Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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The House Clerk records H.R.1346 passed 218-203 on May 13, 2026, and lists Sorensen, Democrat of Illinois, voting Yea.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Shows Sorensen backed a House-passed ethanol waiver bill relevant to corn and farm-market policy; final enactment was not established by this vote record.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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Eric Sorensen Illinois (IL) – 17th, Democrat Hometown: Moline Oath of Office: Jan. 03, 2025 Committee and Subcommittee Assignments Committee on Agriculture Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official House Clerk profile confirms Sorensen was serving in the 119th Congress and held both Agriculture subcommittee assignments named in the commitment.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

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Last Action Date Listed July 21, 2026 Action Mr. Harrigan (for himself, Mr. Sorensen, and Mr. Gallagher) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Full Title To amend section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish within the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program a dedicated rural flood resilience supplemental allocation providing formula-based pass-through grants to rural communities through a set-aside from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Relief Fund, and for other purposes.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo shows Sorensen joined introduction of a rural-community resilience bill in the same House term; the bill was referred, so it is concrete effort rather than enacted delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 9804 (IH) - Sustainable and Flood Resilient Engineering for Rural Areas Act - BILLS-119hr9804ih | Content Details | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term

Sorensen promised to support rural communities through service on two named House Agriculture subcommittees. The evidence confirms he held both subcommittee seats during his current House term and took concrete related actions, including sponsoring fertilizer and soil-health/agricultural research bills and voting for a House-passed ethanol/farm-market bill. Because the promise was to support rural communities in those roles rather than to secure enactment of a specific law, the confirmed subcommittee service plus relevant legislative activity satisfies the commitment in the same term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%