As we move into the new year, Senate Ranking Member John Boozman is offering a hopeful tone. “I’m excited about the New Year,” Boozman told RRFN. “Hopefully, we can put ‘Build Back Broke’ aside and get back to the normal way of doing things with Democrats and Repubicans on the ag committee working together.” West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin shut down negotiations on the $2 trillion budget reconcilation bill more than a week ago, but the White House and Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer promise to revisit this plan. In an interview with the Red River Farm Network, Boozman described the Build Back Better proposal as “massive” and “very inflationary.” Boozman said that bill would have a significant impact on agriculture. “They’re talking about spending about $90 billion in agriculture that directly changes the farm bill, something we’ve said we’d never do. It’s $90 billion worth of spending that had no input from anyone, but the White House and a few Democrats in Congress.” Boozman said his office has worked closely Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow’s staff in the past, but now is at odds over Build Back Better.
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