End Hunger Now

Floor Speech

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, the party who proclaims to be America First is screwing over our farmers and making it harder for people in rural communities to survive.

This unified Republican government hasn't done one damn thing to support regular people or help them put food on the table.

The House Agriculture Committee is holding a hearing this morning about the economic crisis in farm country. News flash: It is declining by the minute because Donald Trump and Elon Musk work for the billionaires, not for regular people.

This self-proclaimed America First crowd is threatening tariffs against our closest trading partners and upending food aid that is shipped by the American farmers. The last trade war started by this President cost American farmers $27 billion in exports.

Here is the sick part: Republicans are cheering him on because they want to use the money they steal from the American people, from farmers, and from SNAP recipients to give billionaires a tax break.

That is not America first. That is not supporting our rural economy. It is a sham deal for working people.

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