Delaney Says Farm Bill Needs Revisions

Agriculture is a large part of Western Maryland’s economy with over 12,000 farms generating $3 billion annually.  The latest version of the federal Farm Bill would expand infrastructure like broadband and water systems within the region, but Congresswoman April McClain Delaney voted against it, telling WCBC she couldn’t vote for a version that would do less for farmers …

“The Social Safety Net is less for our farmers than we had before because of inflation, and, sadly, it cuts SNAP.  One in nine families in my district depend on SNAP—half of them children.  And many of those people are working they just can’t make it on sixteen, seventeen, eighteen dollars an hour at a big box job.”