SEEC Slams Republican Farm Bill’s Failure to Help America’s Farmers

The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, released the following statement in response to the House passage of the Republican-led Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567) that undermines American agriculture, affordability, and public health.

"Republicans' Farm Bill fails to confront the crisis that America's farmers and families find themselves in. While Americans are facing rising costs at the gas pump and grocery store, our nation's farmers are struggling under rising input costs, market instability, costly extreme weather, a gutted U.S. Department of Agriculture, and an expensive Trump War abroad. While this Farm Bill included important provisions, Republicans included a number of poison pills that would make it even harder for millions of Americans to put food on the table and lead healthy lives.

"Electricity prices are rising faster than inflation; diesel costs are up by 45%; fertilizer costs are up by 20 to 40%; grocery prices are up 3.6% this year; and farm bankruptcies have skyrocketed by 46% in the past year alone. But instead of tackling skyrocketing inflation, House Republicans put forth a Farm Bill that exacerbates the cost-of-living crisis by cutting support for cost-saving conservation practices and on-farm solar production. Instead of protecting Americans against deadly toxins, they continued their crusade on behalf of Trump's polluters by handing out giveaways to chemical corporations and going after our bedrock environmental protections that safeguard our health and America's wildlife.

"The Farm Bill should be an opportunity to invest in a robust and resilient American food supply chain. We at SEEC will continue to fight for a Farm Bill that delivers food to the table and provides stability and growth for America's farmers."