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Joe Crowley's Public Statements on Issue: Agriculture and Food

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Date Title
09/06/2018 Tweet - "House Republicans passed a $2 trillion tax break for the wealthy. Now they're using the #FarmBill to try to cut #SNAP and leave millions of the most vulnerable Americans hungry."
08/30/2018 Letter to the Hon. Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Hon. Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member, the Hon. Michael Conaway, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and the Hon. Collin Peterson - House Dems Oppose Restricting Access to SNAP
07/11/2018 Letter to the Honorable Kevin Brady, Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee - Explain Trade Policies
06/21/2018 Chairman Crowley Statement on House Passage of Republican Farm Bill
06/21/2018 Tweet - "Another day, another Republican attack on working families. They just passed a partisan, heartless #FarmBill that will cut $24 billion in food assistance for families in need. #ProtectSNAP #HandsOffSNAP"
05/18/2018 Chairman Crowley Statement on Republican Farm Bill
05/18/2018 Tweet - "The #GOPFarmBill was one of the most heartless, cruel, and nonsensical bills that Republicans have proposed since I've been in Congress. It would have abandoned family farms, aggravated our food shortage crisis, and left one million Americans at risk of going hungry."
05/18/2018 Tweet - "More than 1,000 families in #Queens and the #Bronx would lose their #SNAP food assistance if the #GOPFarmBill passes. I refuse to let Republicans take food away from children. #ProtectSNAP."
05/17/2018 Tweet - "Yes, so we can't raise the alarm enough here. 1,127 families in NY-14 (Queens and the Bronx) would lose #SNAP food assistance. Majority of which are households with kids. This is why we're fighting so hard to sink the #GOPFarmBill."
05/16/2018 Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018
04/17/2018 Tweet - "The Republican farm bill cuts nearly $20 billion from #SNAP, America's most effective anti-hunger program. Our nation's most vulnerable shouldn't be picking up the tab for the #GOPTaxScam's giveaway to the wealthy few. #ProtectSNAP"
04/12/2018 Tweet - "The Republican farm bill will make it harder for families to put food on the table, while doing nothing to help struggling farmers. I urge my Republican colleagues to join us to craft a farm bill that puts American farmers and families first. My statement: https://go.usa.gov/xQbKe"
04/12/2018 Chairman Crowley Statement on House Republicans' Farm Bill Proposal
03/26/2018 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Boyle and Smith Lead Bipartisan Letter to USDA Opposing Plan to Outsource Oversight of Bedrock Animal Welfare Law
03/16/2018 Letter to the Hon Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture and the Hon Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Congressman Panetta Leads 90 Lawmakers to Call on Administration to Strengthen Funding for Federal Nutrition Assistance
07/18/2016 Personal Explanation on Concurring in the Senate Amendment to the House Amendment to S. 764
05/16/2016 Letter to Chairman John Kline and Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, US House Committee on Education and the Workforce - House Child Nutrition Bill
07/24/2015 Letter to Michael Froman, United States Trade Representative - Protect Anti-Tobacco Public Health Measures in TPP Negotiations
02/12/2015 Fighting Hunger Incentive Act of 2015
09/19/2013 Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013
08/13/2013 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives - SNAP Funding
06/20/2013 House Approves Crowley-Grimm Measure to Increase Kosher Food in Emergency Food Supply
06/14/2013 Over Two Dozen Members of Congress Protest SNAP Cuts, Live on Food Budget of $4.50/day
04/25/2013 Gillibrand, Crowley Announce Legislation to Increase Kosher Food in Emergency Food Supply
06/19/2012 Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg Applaud $10 Million Federal Grant to Support Hunts Point Produce Market

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