LaTurner Joins Bill to Support Kansas Farmers and Ranchers

Statement

Today, Congressman Jake LaTurner (R-KS) cosponsored H.R. 8069, the Reducing Farm Input Costs and Barriers to Domestic Production Act. This legislation requires the Biden Administration to reverse its regulatory barriers to domestic agriculture production and provide immediate relief to families across the country.

"Under the Biden Administration, farmers and ranchers across Kansas are facing skyrocketing energy and fertilizer prices, ongoing supply chain disruptions, and overbearing government regulations,"said Rep. LaTurner."I am proud to support the Reducing Farm Input Costs and Barriers to Domestic Production Act to offer real solutions to the challenges impacting our agriculture industry. This bill will bring down record-high input costs, reverse President Biden's harmful regulatory burdens, and provide much-needed certainty to the hard-working Americans that feed, fuel, and clothe our nation."

Specifically, the Reducing Farm Input Costs and Barriers to Domestic Production Act:

Provides relief from EPA's unprecedented actions related to crop protection tools
Offers clarity related to WOTUS regulations
Rescinds the SEC's harmful proposed rule on climate-related disclosures
Reinstates the 2020 NEPA streamlining
Requires an economic analysis on the costs and benefits of GIPSA rules
H.R. 8069 follows a letter sent by Congressman LaTurner along with 96 of his fellow Republicans. In the letter, the Members write that President Biden "has neglected to take serious action to increase American production," and by doing so, has limited "American farmers' ability to meet global food demand."

The letter can be read in its entirety here.

To read the full text of H.R. 8069, click here

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