WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, alongside Agriculture Committee Democrats released the following joint statement on Senate Republicans' Farm Bill discussion draft.
"Senate Agriculture Committee Democrats have been clear that a Farm Bill must meet the needs of both farmers and families across America. This bill does not address the devastating cuts to SNAP or the shift to state taxpayers passed into law as part of HR 1. We appreciate that bipartisan provisions have been included in the discussion draft and stand ready to work with Republicans to negotiate a bipartisan Farm Bill that bo...