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Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture released the following statement in response to a report from CBS News that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to end most food safety inspections work:
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) voted against the Republican Budget Resolution on the House floor. The latest Republican budget calls for $5.5 trillion in tax cuts, partially paid for by significant cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other essential benefits. House Republicans only passed the legislation after far-right members secured commitments from House and Senate leadership to impose deep cuts to programs like Medicaid and SNAP.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture, led a letter from the Congressional Black Caucus raising concerns on the nomination of Stephen Vaden as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture, was joined by Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) on a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins expressing deep concern regarding the Trump Administration’s decision to stop $500 million in Commodity Credit Corporation funding for food banks allocated through The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture, has introduced The Hunger Free Future Act, new legislation to protect Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) from backdoor benefit cuts.
VIDEO: Press Conference Announcing The Hunger Free Future Act
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member on the House Agriculture Committee, joined Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, and House Agriculture Committee Democrats in sending a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) and Agriculture Committee Chairman “GT” Thompson (PA-15), urging bipartisan negotiations on the farm bill and opposing harmful cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Cleveland, OH – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) joined representatives from the Greater Cleveland Food Bank on Wednesday at Dave’s Market on E. 61st in Cleveland to highlight the importance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and the challenges that Northeast Ohio families relying on SNAP face.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member on the House Committee on Agriculture joined Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) and Democrats on the committee in a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, expressing concerns over the Trump administration’s whiplash tariffs which have seeded uncertainty and chaos throughout the agricultural sector.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member on the House Committee on Agriculture sharply criticized the Trump Administration for ending two USDA programs that provide funding for food banks and schools to buy local food.
Washington, DC – This evening, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) attended President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress. Her guest for the speech was Kristin Warzocha, President and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank.