Luján Joins Booker’s Marathon Floor Speech Highlighting Trump Administration Policies That Hurt New Mexico Farmers and Ranchers

Luján Highlights How the Trump Administration Is Hurting Farmers, Compromising Food Safety, and Raising Costs for Consumers

WATCH: Luján Joins Senator Booker's Marathon Floor Speech

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) during his marathon floor speech standing up for the American people. Senator Luján discussed how the Trump administration is devastating the agricultural community, compromising food safety, and raising costs for New Mexicans - all to pass the Trump Tax Scam 2.0.

An excerpt of Senator Luján's remarks are below:

Having fresh food in a grocery store is not something that can be taken for granted, and for a lot of our constituents, I've had these conversations with nominees that have come before us. When they ask, "why is someone just eating potato chips or Doritos from that local store?" I'll educate them by saying, "that's the only store around." There's food deserts everywhere. We could do something about that.

We have programs in place that recognize the importance of getting someone a meal who needs that meal.

Supporting our farmers out there to sow those seeds, to help them with their planting.

What I am seeing right now, Senator Booker, is our farmers have been on the receiving end of these federal funds being taken away from the United States Department of Agriculture.

These reckless tariffs are hurting farmers and ranchers just as much as they are hurting anyone in America.

Outbreaks, bird flu-people know what the cost of eggs are at the store now. Then they look into what's going on here, and there's this bird flu going around.

My constituents ask, "why does the Department of Agriculture, under Donald Trump, fire the epidemiologists that are responsible for containing this thing?" It didn't make any sense to folks.

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