Washington, April 30 -- Congresswoman Andrea Salinas issued the following press release:
Today, Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06) released the following statement on her vote against the Republicans' Farm Bill.
"This Farm Bill falls short of what Oregon farmers and families deserve. It does not do enough for specialty crop growers, fails to address the problems caused by Trump's tariffs, and does not undo Republicans' devastating cuts to SNAP, which only make the affordability crisis worse. This bill includes too many serious flaws for me to support it.
"Across the country, farm bankruptcies are up 46 percent. Oregon wine exports to Canada dropped more than 80 percent in a single year. And nearly 100,000 people in my district who rely...