U.S. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., today made the following statement after House Republicans voted for a modified farm (H.R. 2642) bill, removing the bill’s nutrition provisions and repealing permanent farm law.
“The House Majority’s decision to ignore the will of the more than 500 organizations with a stake in the farm bill, setting the stage for draconian cuts to nutrition programs and eliminating future farm bills altogether would be laughable if it weren’t true.
“This was not the only option. Following the House failure to pass a comprehensive, bipartisan, five-year farm bill, I repeatedly expressed a willingness to work with the Majority on a path forward. I firmly believed that if we could find a way to remove the partisan amendments adopted during the House farm bill debate we would be able to advance a bipartisan bill, conference with the Senate and see it signed into law this year. Now all that is in question."
Source: House Committee on Agriculture
