The farm bill supports more than 230,000 farms and ranches in Texas and helps millions of Texans who receive help from food programs.
LUBBOCK — Federal lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the economic catastrophe that could happen if a new farm bill isn’t passed by the end of this year, now that the 2018 version has officially expired. Since it was introduced by the House Committee on Agriculture in May, there has been no progress on passing the wide-ranging, multiyear law. It has not been discussed on the House floor or in the Senate .
In the version advanced by the U.S. House agriculture committee, led by Rep. Glenn Thompson, a Pennsylvania Republican, SNAP would get about a $30 billion cut. That's a nonstarter for many Democrats. Laramie Adams, associate government affairs director for Texas Farm Bureau, said it’s a pressing matter. After Jan. 1, the law reverts to statutes approved in 1938 and 1949 that don’t expire and are temporarily suspended with the passing of each new farm bill.
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