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Senator Johnson Comments on Senate Vote on S. 3240

Statement

Date: June 21, 2012
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Unemployed and Low-Income

Senator Ron Johnson (WI) today issued the following statement regarding the Senate vote on S. 3240:

"The 2012 Food Stamp bill -- more commonly known as the "2012 Farm Bill' -- will spend about $995 billion over the next ten years. Of that nearly $1 trillion, 78% ($772 billion) will be spent on Food Stamps.

"During debate on the Senate floor, I made a Motion to Recommit the bill back to committee with the simple instruction to split it into two separate pieces of legislation -- a Food Stamp Bill and a Farm Bill. That motion was defeated by a vote of 40-59. Why are these measures combined? The answer is simple -- to keep much of the legislation out of the light of day and to make spending $1 trillion far easier.

"This is business as usual here in our nation's capital, and it is bankrupting America."


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