Peterson Calls Ag Spending Bill Another Assault on Agriculture

House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson was not one of the 217 members of Congress voting in favor of the ag appropriations measure Thursday. Instead - he voted against the legislation - saying that agriculture is under assault in this Congress. He says that was first demonstrated in the Ryan budget - which cut 178-billion dollars from ag programs. The bill approved Thursday - he says - makes disproportionate cuts to agriculture - including an unprecedented nearly two-billion dollars in changes to mandatory spending - taking funds from carefully negotiated farm bill programs. Peterson says he fears that if Congress continues to chip away at farm programs - we’ll be left without an adequate safety net. He says the end result could cost the government more money - not less.

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