Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Release Of The 2024 Farm Bill By Chairwoman Stabenow

Washington, D.C.- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the unveiling of the 2024 farm bill by Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks which can also be viewed here:

I want to applaud the efforts of my good friend and colleague, Chairwoman Stabenow of the Senate Agriculture Committee, who today is releasing the substance of her farm bill. Senate Democrats want to get a farm bill done, it is an essential bill that does so much good across the country, and I thank Chair Stabenow for her tough leadership on the issue.

This bill is a strong bill, and includes some very important provisions. It protects the interests of small farmers, it protects crucial climate funding to help farmers from things like natural disasters, and it provides robust nutrition assistance that directly helps millions of kids across the country.

I salute Senator Stabenow for her hard, good work on this bill.

So again, Democrats want to get a farm bill done and Senator Stabenow has done outstanding work leading this effort.

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