The budget reconciliation bill is facing criticism from the Environmental Working Group, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and Taxpayers for Common Sense. Joshua Sewell is the director for research and policy for the taxpayer watchdog group and said President Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill does not make sense financially. “As a fiscal conservative, I am politically, contractually, and morally obligated to emphasize how this legislation that the ag committees have produced is clear fiscal malpractice,” said Sewell. “Budget reconciliation is an important tool for bringing fiscal discipline to our nation’s finances, but in this instance, the ag committees are abusing the process to pad the pocketbooks of their politically favorite farm interests.” The three groups hosted a joint media briefing, condemning the increased reference prices in the budget reconciliation bill.
