House Agriculture Reconciliation Bill Is a "Robin Hood-in-Reverse That Risks the Entire Farm Bill”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Agriculture Committee released reconciliation bill text today that hobbles the nation’s leading anti-hunger program, funnels billions to the wealthiest agribusinesses, and sabotages bipartisan efforts to pass a comprehensive five-year Farm Bill that is essential to:
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Helping farmers become more resilient in addressing and confronting the devastating impacts of a changing climate
- Deploying rural clean energy
- Supporting new and beginning farmers
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Building a more equitable food system
Following is a reaction from Rebecca Riley, managing director, Food & Agriculture, NRDC:
"This is Robin Hood in reverse. This bill steals food from the poor to bankroll tax cuts for the rich and handouts for Big Ag while burning down the bipartisan coalition that makes the Farm Bill possible in the first place. If this becomes the new normal, the House majority will have turned its back on decades of bipartisanship and foreclosed the path to transform our food system, revitalize agriculture, and promote rural clean energy and climate progress."
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 3 million members and online activists. Established in 1970, NRDC uses science, policy, law and people power to confront the climate crisis, protect public health and safeguard nature. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Beijing and Delhi (an office of NRDC India Pvt. Ltd).