Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Bush Administration Threatens to Veto Bipartisan Food and FarmLegislation
at this rate 2007 will be long gone before they settle the farm bill for
this year, yet another release received tonight: News from the House Agriculture Committee FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, July 25, 2007 Media Contacts: April Demert Slayton (202) 225-6872 Scott Kuschmider (202) 225-1496 Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson Statement on the Ways and Means Committee's Offset to Increase Nutrition Programs in the 2007 Farm Bill "At every turn, the Bush Administration and Republican Leadership have done their best to stall progress on the 2007 Farm Bill. Mischaracterizing the offset that will expand nutrition benefits for working families is just the latest attempt to derail this Farm Bill, despite broad support for the bill from farm, conservation, nutrition, energy, specialty crop and renewable energy groups. Apparently, the Bush Administration and some in the Republican leadership care more about defending the ability of foreign companies to exploit a loophole in the U.S. tax system than they do about supporting the hardworking families and farmers in this country. I hope that they will reconsider their opposition and join us in supporting this Farm Bill that represents a new direction for agriculture policy. ### The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture web site http://agriculture.house.gov has additional information on this and other subjects. |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Bush Administration Weakens Truck Safety | Ponds | |||
Bush Administration Weakens Truck Safety | Ponds | |||
Congress Set To Override Bush Water Veto | Gardening | |||
Congress Set To Override Bush Water Veto | Edible Gardening |