Political Quotes

“now on the farm bill, tomorrow, House Republicans will mark up their partisan farm bill that, frankly, completely misses the mark. The farm bill should support the farmers who grow our food. It should protect our land. It should invest in jobs for rural communities big and small to rebuild their economies. The farm bill should provide lifesaving hunger assistance for the millions of Americans who rely on programs like SNAP, and it should extend SNAP benefits to our friends in Puerto Rico who have been excluded from this program for decades, and it will expand it to them. It is sad to see that rather than working together to get a serious farm bill passed, House Republicans are playing games and pushing a one-sided, insufficient partisan bill. Senate Democrats, on the other hand, have released a farm bill proposal that maintains a bipartisan coalition and invests in all of the areas I mention. So I commend Chair Stabenow for her work. Let me be clear: A purely partisan farm bill that departs from the longstanding spirit of bipartisanship has no future in the Senate. And, unfortunately, I might add, it seems to be where this House--the Republican House leadership and party--always goes. They always retreat to a corner of partisanship. They are not interested in improving the lives of American people. They are just interested in scoring political points to a narrow group back home, the MAGA group that seems to have such power in the party.…”