Will support a Specialty Crop Research Initiative match waiver to help apple growers and other specialty crop farmers access federal research funding.

Josh Riley · New York · Democratic

spending impact 0.35 specificity 0.80 extraction confidence 93%

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

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Evidence

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GovInfo bill text for H.R. 3656 says the bill would authorize USDA to waive the SCRI matching-funds requirement. The introduction line lists Mr. Riley of New York among the members for whom Ms. Schrier introduced the bill.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Riley was an original supporter of H.R. 3656, a bill specifically creating a Specialty Crop Research Initiative matching-funds waiver authority.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R. 3656 (119th Congress), Introduced in House
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

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The House Clerk records Roll Call 154 as passage of H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act, by 224-200 on April 30, 2026. The member-vote table lists Riley (NY), Democratic, NY, as voting Yea.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Riley voted for the House-passed 2026 farm bill; GovInfo text for that bill included Sec. 7305 language allowing USDA to waive SCRI matching requirements, reinforcing that he supported the waiver in floor action.

delivered same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House Roll Call 154 on H.R. 7567
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 A for effort

The promise was to support an SCRI match waiver, not necessarily singlehandedly enact it. During Riley's same federal House term, he was listed as an original supporter of H.R. 3656, which specifically authorized USDA to waive SCRI matching requirements, and he later voted yes on House passage of H.R. 7567 containing SCRI match-waiver language. That is direct federal legislative support for the promised policy.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%