Nutrition and Agriculture

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) today joined 214 House Democrats in calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use available contingency funds and all legal authority to ensure that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are distributed for November despite the ongoing government shutdown.

Cleveland, OH – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture has authored an op-ed for FoxNews.com criticizing the Trump Administration for raising costs, shrinking markets, and cutting health care for farmers and rural communities.  

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett (VI-AL)and Congressman Mike Carey (OH-15) have reintroduced the Thriving Community Gardens Act, bipartisan legislation to expand educational opportunities for students related to gardening and agriculture and support local gardens. Brown serves as Vice Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee.  

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture, and Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), senior member of the House Committee on Agriculture led a letter to the U.S.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member on the House Committee on Agriculture releases the following statement in response to the Trump Administration ending the “socially disadvantaged” designation for USDA grants and programs:

Washington, DC – On behalf of her constituents in Northeast Ohio, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) voted against the Republican Reconciliation Bill – Trump’s Big Ugly Bill. The legislation passed the House in a 218-214 vote and now heads to the President’s desk, awaiting signature to become law. 

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) spoke in opposition to the Republican Reconciliation Bill on the House floor Wednesday, calling attention to the bill’s cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Senate-passed Reconciliation Bill includes a $186 billion-dollar federal funding cut to SNAP, the largest cut in the program’s history.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee authored an amendment to the Republican Reconciliation Bill to reverse the legislation’s new red tape paperwork requirements on SNAP benefits for veterans, parents with children over the age of 13, former foster youth, homeless people, seniors, and others.