Category Archives: Farm Bill

My main concern for the farm bill is that we keep in place programs to maintain reasonable priced foods for the American family.  I do not see this protection in the farm bill.  We must maintain policies that make production of food as reasonably priced as is workable.  Our environment is currently protected adequately and…

The Farm Bill is a massive piece of legislation on its own and I am pleased the House was able to carve out the food stamp portion of the bill.  The separate issues of farm subsidies and food stamps must be addressed independently.  The cost to taxpayers for food stamps alone has reached nearly $80…

I expect them to put the food stamps provision back in the bill in committee and vote for it. Thereby doing nothing new at all.

Democrats just absolutely can't stand to vote for any bill that has cut back on spending. This bill, when the Food Stamps were taken out, just didn't have enough spending or hand outs to suit the Dems. As long as there were lots of hand outs included, no problem. Democrats can't stand any bill that…

I was of the opinion that 80% of the Bill was composed of food stamps and I am sure that if that was cut it will not go much further in the Senate and will probably die in Conference Committee.  This is interesting.

The food stamp  issue  needs to be addressed as a separate issue  so good for them.