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Elissa Slotkin: “The president last week tweeted, hey, we need a farm bill.”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

Slotkin joins James Beard in Detroit to talk about helping farmers and restaurants

Published March 25, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:42

Right. So it's threatening the coalition that has always passed a farm bill. So we continue to push. The president last week tweeted, hey, we need a farm bill. And we were like, welcome to the party. Yes, we need a farm bill. I think that's because the Farm Bureau was in town and someone saw him. (03:42–03:47)

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Asserts that the President tweeted about the need for a farm bill.

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