Cheri Bustos: “I don't care who is in the White House. I don't care if it is a Democrat or Republican.”

The President's budget request for 2023 included $300 million for rural electric co-ops so they can transition from their infrastructure of fossil fuels to more renewables.

Congress has also provided significant disaster funding to provide additional support for producers hit by extreme weather, funding for which was requested by the Biden Administration last September.

What specific policies would you recommend to combat the historic and current discrimination too often faced by Black and Brown farmers in your respective industries?

Since the 2018 Farm Bill was written, farmers have experienced the economic impacts of a trade war with China.