On the recordSeptember 26, 2023
When you cut the energy assistance programs for our farmers and our rural communities, you raise the cost of their production. When you raise the cost of their production, you raise the cost of the products they produce to put on the shelves of the grocery stores. This is not a good thing, so I urge the defeat of this amendment, and I urge the defeat of this bill. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Biggs). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 24 Offered by Mr. Good of Virginia The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 24 printed in part F of House Report 118-216.
