Ranking Member David Scott Responds to House Republican Plan to Slash Agriculture Department Funding

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"House Republicans say they want to cut spending, but this plan is not strategic or reasonable in scope--it simply takes money from programs already benefitting our rural constituents to mask the cuts our colleagues would otherwise be forced to show. And this at the same time that the Agriculture Committees are working on the new farm bill. They also tie the Secretary of Agriculture's hands when it comes to addressing emergency situations. The last time they played this game, the only people who lost were our cotton farmers. This Republican bill will make our rural communities poorer by attacking programs critical to American agriculture and way of life."

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