House Democrats Break Down Sham Republican Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA Funding Bill

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For the past couple of years when I woke up in the morning on markup day for this subcommittee, I often reminded myself of the biblical admonition "this is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.' That is because when we came to mark up this bill over the last several years, I was able to say that work done by the agencies we were funding would touch the lives of every American,"

I am concerned today as I come here because it is very difficult, despite my faith, to rejoice in this markup because today this bill turns its back on rural America. It is a retreat from our most vulnerable communities. This bill really makes it more difficult to implement the purpose and to have a level playing field for all Americans."

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