{"id":5363,"date":"2018-04-18T15:55:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T20:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nebraskadem.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=5363"},"modified":"2018-04-24T12:55:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T17:55:31","slug":"bacon-votes-for-cruel-farm-bill-that-hurts-farmers-children-and-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nebraskademocrats.org\/su\/press-releases\/bacon-votes-for-cruel-farm-bill-that-hurts-farmers-children-and-disabled\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacon Votes for Cruel Farm Bill that Hurts Farmers, Children and Disabled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further cementing his profile as a self-serving politician, Representative Don Bacon voted today for the 2018 Farm Bill in the House Agriculture Committee. Make no mistake\u2014the 2018 Farm Bill is a cruel and reckless bill that puts New York farmers and the entire region\u2019s economy at risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an agricultural region where farmers are already<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmland.org\/our-work\/where-we-work\/new-york\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">struggling to survive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the 2018 Farm Bill will only exacerbate their problems. The twisted bill<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morningagclips.com\/2018-draft-farm-bill-cuts-local-organic-agriculture-programs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cuts crucial programs<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that support local food systems, fails to address the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/sgp\/crs\/misc\/R45117.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">52% decline in farm income<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and fails to help farmers export their products\u2014all at a time when the White House is pursuing a reckless trade war<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/04\/06\/farmers-trump-trade-war-467423\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that will hurt the agricultural industry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill also kicks<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/research\/food-assistance\/chairman-conaways-farm-bill-would-increase-food-insecurity-and-hardship\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more than a million<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> off the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/snap\/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a program that \u201coffers nutrition assistance to millions of eligible, low-income individuals and families and provides economic benefits to communities.\u201d Nearly two-thirds of SNAP recipients are children, elderly or disabled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although SNAP already contains strict work requirements, and over 80% of SNAP households are employed in the year before or after receiving SNAP, the 2018 Farm Bill imposes even tougher requirements and creates a massive new bureaucracy to implement and enforce them. And where did Bacon find the funding for this new bureaucracy? From the most vulnerable among us, who will lose their critical SNAP benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cBy voting for this cruel and reckless legislation, Congressman Bacon has once again put his party ahead of his constituents,\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said DCCC Spokesman Evan Lukaske. <\/span><b>\u201cMake no mistake\u2014this bill helps no one in Bacon\u2019s community, and actively hurts farmers, children, and the disabled. While Bacon is hobnobbing in Washington with his wealthy donors and special interests, real people will be hurting. And they\u2019ll know Bacon is to blame.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">###<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Further cementing his profile as a self-serving politician, Representative Don Bacon voted today for the 2018 Farm Bill in the House Agriculture Committee. Make no mistake\u2014the 2018 Farm Bill is a cruel and reckless bill that puts New York farmers and the entire region\u2019s economy at risk. 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