Luján Statement on Partisan Republican Farm Bill

GOP No-Shows Previously Derailed Republican Farm Bill, Failed to Earn the Support of Committee Democrats  

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to advance the Republican Farm Bill in committee:

“For generations, the Farm Bil has been a bipartisan commitment to our nation’s farmers, ranchers, growers, rural communities, and every family that depends on them to put food on the table. Today, that bipartisan promise was abandoned by Senate Republicans who pushed through a partisan bill.

“Families are already struggling with President Trump’s trade war, tariffs, and skyrocketing costs. Farmers and ranchers are paying more to keep their operations running, and families are paying more at the grocery store. This bill does nothing to meet the urgency of this crisis.

“After Republicans gutted our nation’s food programs, this bill does nothing to reverse those devastating cuts or meet our responsibility to eliminate hunger in America. And at a time when farmers and ranchers are struggling, it fails to make the investments in agriculture that producers need.

“The Farm Bill should be a bipartisan process. It should bring together everyone – Republicans and Democrats – who want to support the people who grow our food, strengthen rural communities, and ensure families don’t go hungry. That is the Farm Bill that New Mexicans deserve, and that is the Farm Bill that I will continue fighting for.”

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