House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member David Scott followed Chairman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson’s opening statement with criticism. In particular, Scott argued the pending farm bill eliminates the Agriculture Department’s ability to use Commodity Credit Corporation funds to support farmers. “Secretary (Sonny) Perdue used approximately $23 billion in CCC funds for the Coronavirus assistance program and this helped our farmers survive lower prices that were arising as a result of COVID 12. We didn’t restrict the CCC when my friend Sonny Perdue was agriculture secretary and we must not do it now.”
