Another Achievement!

In reaction to the Farm Bill approved by the House Agriculture committee, Gawain Kripke, director of policy and research for Oxfam America said:

“People facing hunger and poverty in the US and abroad lost major ground in the Farm Bill passed by the House Agriculture Committee. Big agribusiness interests won increased subsidies that distort trade and rig markets against poor farmers at the expense of US taxpayers who will face more job losses and food insecurity as a result of proposed cuts. Even modest attempts to amend the bill to ensure tax dollars would be spent more wisely to save lives and protect clean water and health were defeated. As more than 18 million people face a hunger crisis in West Africa and one in seven people in the US and around the world struggle to get enough to eat, Congress needs to step back and consider why a single voter should like this bill. The only reasonable course is to significantly amend or kill it.”