Craig Unveils Farm & Family Relief Act To Offset Tariff-Driven Farm Losses
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The Ranking Member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee is introducing a relief package to address farm income losses caused by tariffs.
Minnesota Democrat Angie Craig says the Farm and Family Relief Act would provide additional one-time payments to family farmers.
“Being crushed by President Trump’s worldwide trade war.”
During a news conference Thursday morning, she said the legislation would bring an end to Trump tariffs.
“This should not be a partisan fight to ensure the people in the wealthiest country on earth can afford food. It should not be a red versus blue issue to look out for our family farmers, who feed our communities and are caught in a trade war that they did not ask for.”
Craig says the ad hoc assistance would be distributed evenly across commodities.
“Thinking about the MASC program in particular for specialty crops, and so we’ll use essentially to make sure that everybody gets made 65 percent whole. But we can’t cover the full losses of this administration (because) they have been too tremendous.”
She says the Farm and Family Relief Act would also grant states and counties flexibility and resources needed to continue helping low-income American households experiencing increased food costs.