Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar says she’s more optimistic about the Senate farm bill than the failed House farm bill.
Klobuchar tells Brownfield House Ranking Member Collin Peterson encouraged her and the Senate to put together a better farm bill. “I really appreciated Collin Peterson’s support for the bipartisan work we’re doing in the Senate. He tried real hard in the House but there were forces outside of his committee’s control, and this is real unfortunate, and he said to me, you know, we need you guys in the Senate to take the reigns here and we have.”
Klobuchar says the Senate bill, scheduled for markup Wednesday, is more bipartisan and less destructive to the SNAP nutrition program.
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