Editorial | Van Orden’s votes harm farmers and hungry Americans
The Republican majority on the House Agriculture Committee is derelict in its duty to farmers in Wisconsin and nationally, and to the millions of hungry Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Instead of producing a comprehensive five-year farm and food policy bill, members of the committee’s GOP majority — including western Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden — stumbled over themselves last week in a headlong rush to approve a GOP scheme designed to satisfy Wall Street speculators, billionaire campaign donors and Republican Party strategists who couldn't care less about rural America.
The big-money interests had one priority last week: advancing a budget reconciliation bill that proposes to slash safety-net programs for needy Americans and fund tax breaks for the rich.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1995470'); });The Republican majority on the House Agriculture Committee is derelict in its duty to farmers in Wisconsin and nationally, and to the millions of hungry Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Instead of producing a comprehensive five-year farm and food policy bill, members of the committee’s GOP majority — including western Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden — stumbled over themselves last week in a headlong rush to approve a GOP scheme designed to satisfy Wall Street speculators, billionaire campaign donors and Republican Party strategists who couldn't care less about rural America.
The big-money interests had one priority last week: advancing a budget reconciliation bill that proposes to slash safety-net programs for needy Americans and fund tax breaks for the rich.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1995470'); });Editorial: Wisconsin's 3rd District representative voted to cut funding to feed hungry Americans, removing a market for the farmers who provide the food. | Source: The Cap Times
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