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Key Dem: Farm bill likely doomed without 'radical changes'
Source: The Hill
Key Dem: Farm bill likely doomed without 'radical changes'
BY MIKE LILLIS - 04/13/18 06:23 PM EDT
A leading Democratic voice in the farm bill fight said Friday that the legislation is all but doomed unless Republicans make drastic changes to the proposal’s anti-hunger provisions.
Rep. Jim McGovern (Mass.), the top Democrat on the Agriculture Committee’s nutrition subpanel, hammered the Republicans’ proposed changes to federal food stamps, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), warning that the bill “will throw millions of people off the benefit.”
He’s urging House GOP leaders to adopt the approach of the Senate, which is considering increased funding for SNAP under its version of the farm bill.
“From the very beginning I’ve said I will support a farm bill that doesn’t increase hunger in America. That was the bar I set, the line in the sand that I drew,” McGovern said in an interview with C-Span’s “Newsmakers” program.
“Well, you know, this bill will increase hunger. And so unless there’s radical changes I’m not sure that we can reconcile the bills.”
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BY MIKE LILLIS - 04/13/18 06:23 PM EDT
A leading Democratic voice in the farm bill fight said Friday that the legislation is all but doomed unless Republicans make drastic changes to the proposal’s anti-hunger provisions.
Rep. Jim McGovern (Mass.), the top Democrat on the Agriculture Committee’s nutrition subpanel, hammered the Republicans’ proposed changes to federal food stamps, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), warning that the bill “will throw millions of people off the benefit.”
He’s urging House GOP leaders to adopt the approach of the Senate, which is considering increased funding for SNAP under its version of the farm bill.
“From the very beginning I’ve said I will support a farm bill that doesn’t increase hunger in America. That was the bar I set, the line in the sand that I drew,” McGovern said in an interview with C-Span’s “Newsmakers” program.
“Well, you know, this bill will increase hunger. And so unless there’s radical changes I’m not sure that we can reconcile the bills.”
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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/383111-key-dem-farm-bill-likely-doomed-without-radical-changes