Klobuchar Statement on Farm Bill Vote

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement after the Farm Bill vote today.

"I am committed to continuing to work with Chairman Boozman on this bill to get it done and there are good things in it for our farmers and ranchers, including year-round E-15, a provision I have long led on. As noted by the Chairman, the Agriculture Committee meeting remains open for further discussions on this bill.

Today we also included a package of additional bipartisan amendments that I voted for and have long supported. I also appreciate that the Chairman has acknowledged the problem with the SNAP cost shift to states and counties. But amid tariff-related rising grocery prices in states across the country where SNAP has been critical, this is only a one-year fix. It still advantages high error rate states over states with mid-level error rates. A state with an error rate twice that of Minnesota will pay nothing in the second year, whereas states that have reduced their error rates will still be disadvantaged over high error rate states. Our members are simply asking for the two-year delay so all states will be on the same footing in working to reduce their error rates. That is ten percent of the total SNAP cuts."

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