House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig has unveiled a legislative framework for farm relief. Craig said the proposal would make farmers 65 percent whole. “We can’t cover the full losses of this administration; they have been too tremendous,” said Craig. “Unlike our Republican colleagues, who in that first tranche of family farm relief, picked winners and losers among the commodities groups. Specialty crops were a big loser, (including) sugarbeet growers in our country. We refused to pick winners and losers among farmers and families.” The Farm and Family Relief Act would assist farmers and help states address the funding shortfall for food assistance. In addition, this bill will reassert congressional control over tariffs. Craig expects the bill to be introduced next week.
