Republicans on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee have released framework for a new GOP backed Farm Bill.
Senator Tommy Tuberville, a member of the committee, applauded the new framework Wednesday and said that an updated Farm Bill is vital for both Alabama and America’s producers.
“Every time I visit Alabama, I hear from farmers who are struggling to stay afloat in Joe Biden’s economy,” said Tuberville. “They need a Farm Bill that will help them shoulder the immense burden of feeding, fueling, and clothing our country—not a woke laundry list of burdensome climate regulations. Unlike the $1.5-trillion-dollar-giveaway from Senate Democrats, the Republican Farm Bill framework actually puts farmers first. Our framework would increase reference prices, expand access to capital, and boost market opportunities.”
“I’m glad to see that the Farm Bill passed out of the House AG Committee with bipartisan support, and hope this will spark the Senate AG Committee to take action.”
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The Senate Republican framework includes several of Tuberville’s agriculture priorities for Alabama’s foresters, farmers, and producers.
Among those include efforts to modernize water systems, introducing a bipartisan amendment in October 2023 to increase funding for clean water and sewage systems in low-income rural areas.
The Senate GOP legislation builds on the House’s Republican Farm Bill, which recently passed out of the House’s agriculture committee in a 33-21 vote.
Austen Shipley is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @ShipleyAusten
