Food stamps and other federal nutrition programs are in the crosshairs for the Republican majority in the House. “Going after the food stamp/SNAP program is a non-starter,” said Minnesota Senator Tina Smith. “It only injects politics into what has been a bipartisan bill for a long time. We cannot let the politics of the debt ceiling crisis and the budget weigh down the farm bill, it’s just way too important.” Smith chairs the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management and Trade. A series of subcommittee hearings are planned for late April and early May. Smith hosted an ag roundtable meeting this past week in Willmar.
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