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In this opinion piece, Ranking Member David Scott discusses the current Democratic position on farm bill negotiations while dissecting reasons for the Caucus and Committee to remain opposed to Republicans' continued position—as articulated in Chairman Thompson’s recent Agri-Pulse op-ed—to reduce future SNAP benefits by around $30 billion.
Leaders of both parties are calling on Congress to quickly pass a revised Farm Bill before funds run out this summer — but tensions are re-emerging over the key ideological divide that helped scuttle last year’s farm bill. Members of both parties expressed the importance of not cutting popular food aid and conservation programs, but…
The House Agriculture Committee’s Democratic minority on Wednesday released a set of farm bill priorities that make clear they are united in opposing any cuts in projected nutrition assistance or Inflation Reduction Act funding to pay for boosting commodity programs or addressing other parts of the farm bill.
Prospects for moving a farm bill anytime soon are anything but improved with the director of the Congressional Budget Office telling lawmakers he can’t add staff to work on the legislation.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will not be cut as part of the farm bill’s reauthorization, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member David Scott, D-Ga., vowed at the Agri-Pulse annual Food & Policy Summit Monday.