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Pelosi Statement on House Passage of Destructive GOP Farm Bill

June 21, 2018

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after House Republicans narrowly passed their partisan Farm Bill by a vote of 213 to 211:

"Every week, new retaliatory tariffs are leveled at America's farmers, but House Republicans doubled down on a Farm Bill more aimed at hurting hungry families than helping the farmers and producers reeling from trade uncertainty.

"The farm economy is struggling. Farm prices are plummeting. More and more families are in danger of losing their farm. Now is not the time for a partisan GOP Farm Bill that weakens the farmer safety net, slashes rural development initiatives and loan guarantees, and adds new layers of bureaucracy to rural broadband grants.

"After adding $2 trillion to the debt with the GOP tax scam for the rich, Republicans want to fill the hole by stealing food assistance from hungry families trying to make ends meet. This Farm Bill will waste billions on new bureaucracies that would take decades to implement, and that would increase hunger and poverty across the country.

"Instead of wasting time on House Republicans' destructive and partisan bill, we should follow the Senate and return to the bipartisan tradition of robust Farm Bills that meet the needs of farmers, producers and hungry families."

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