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NASDA joins coalition of 532 asking Boehner to bring farm bill to floor
Story Date: 7/3/2013
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Source: NATIONAL ASSOC. OF STATE DEPTS. OF AGRICULTURE, 7/2/13
NASDA recently joined 531 other members of the Animal Agriculture Coalition and sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to bring the Farm Bill back to the House floor.
See the letter below:
July 2, 2013
Dear Speaker Boehner:
America’s agriculture, conservation, rural development, finance, forestry, energy and crop insurance companies and organizations strongly urge you to bring the Farm Bill (H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013) back to the Floor as soon as possible. This important legislation supports our nation’s farmers, ranchers, forest owners, food security, natural resources and wildlife habitats, rural communities, and the 16 million Americans whose jobs directly depend on the agriculture industry.
Farm bills represent a delicate balance between America’s farm, nutrition, conservation, and other priorities, and accordingly require strong bipartisan support. It is vital for the House to try once again to bring together a broad coalition of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to provide certainty for farmers, rural America, the environment and our economy in general and pass a five-year farm bill upon returning in July. We believe that splitting the nutrition title from the rest of the bill could result in neither farm nor nutrition programs passing, and urge you to move a unified farm bill forward.
Thank you for your support. We look forward to our continued dialogue as the process moves forward and stand ready to work with you to complete passage of the new five-year Farm Bill before the current law expires again on September 30, 2013.
To see the full list of groups who signed onto the letter, click here.
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