Leading Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee are downplaying the nutritional spending cuts contained in the House farm bill, hoping that they can wrangle up enough Democratic support to offset potential Republican defections.
The House farm bill has been a controversial subject in the farm community. Last year, despite the Senate passing their version of the farm bill and the House Agriculture Committee passing a draft of the farm bill, House leadership refused to vote on either measure, with Speaker of the house John Boehner condemning some parts of the bill as “Soviet-style” agriculture.
With the House looking to embrace deeper food stamp cuts then it did last year, Democratic leaders on the House Agriculture Committee are scrambling to make sure that they can get their colleagues in line.
“While I think it’s ridiculous to cut hundreds of billions of dollars out of nutrition programs as some members have called for, I also don’t think it’s realistic to say that we can’t cut one penny from these programs,” said ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee Colin Peterson. “Because clearly, there isn’t a government program that couldn’t stand some reductions.”
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Written by: Justin Ellison / Farm Plus Staff Writer