The House Agriculture Committee’s top Democrat said it will be “very difficult, if not impossible” for her to back a GOP-led farm bill because it contains “poison pills” and doesn’t do enough to aid struggling farmers.
Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) said Republicans plan to include a provision that would protect pesticide manufacturers and complained that GOP committee staff have “refused” to share the text with minority members.
“This is not good-faith negotiation in my mind, and that’s the message that I’ve given to my members as we go into this markup,” Craig said.
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Republicans are set to release their farm bill text Friday and are eyeing a markup the week of Feb. 23.
