Washington, Dec. 22 -- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro issued the following press release:
Today, US Representative Rosa DeLauro led 14 members of Congress in a letter to the Trump Administration demanding transparency and fairness for small and specialty crop farmers as the Trump Administration implements its recently-announced $12 billion bailout for farmers and agribusinesses harmed by the President's trade wars:
"Let us be extremely clear - your administration is opting to use billions in taxpayer dollars to provide relief to farmers whom your incoherent trade policies have harmed in the first place. Farmers who have seen input costs skyrocket and lost export markets because of trading partners retaliating against your own tariff bullying ...