Ag Vice Ranking Member Brown on House Floor: Trump’s First 100 Days Hurt Farm Country

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture spoke on the House floor Tuesday on how President Trump’s policies have hurt farmers across America. 

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Vice Ranking Member Brown’s Remarks as Delivered:

It’s been 100 days of broken promises, cuts, and chaos from the Trump Administration. 

And the damage has been done from my district in Cleveland to rural America. 

Here’s how Trump has hurt the farm economy in just 100 days: 

President Trump has fired critical staff at USDA and gutted key programs that support rural communities.  

He’s enacted tariff chaos — driving up the cost of fertilizer, fuel, and equipment.

He’s launched a trade war — again putting farmers at risk of retaliatory tariffs that will dry up export markets. 

He’s slashed over a billion dollars from food programs that put fresh produce in school cafeterias and keep food banks stocked.

Meanwhile, Republicans are pushing to gut SNAP — a program that feeds 40 million Americans and delivers billions… billions… in revenue back to the farm country.

Working families in urban… suburban… and rural communities across America are footing the bill for Trump’s chaos.

The bottom line is that Trump’s broken economy isn’t working… for anyone. 

And I yield back. 

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