Sen. Pat Roberts comes through for farmers

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July 2, 2018 - 11:00 PM

Sen. Pat Roberts

The U.S. Senate has the right idea with its passage last week of a new farm bill. First off, the bill was widely approved, 83-11, by both Republicans and Democrats, as opposed to the House version which relied solely on Republicans for its two-vote victory margin, 213-211.

Secondly, the Senate bill hews narrowly to the current farm bill, which not only renews crop insurance and land conservation initiatives — due to expire in September — but also strengthens SNAP, the anti-hunger program formerly referred to as food stamps and continues funding for job training initiatives.

The farm bill is one of our most unique in that its survival depends on two extreme demographics — the heartland’s farmers and the poor of the inner cities that predominantly make up the 40 million that rely on food subsidies to make it through the day.

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