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Hillary Scholten: “Fuel and fertilizer costs have increased exponentially.”

Featuring: Hillary Scholten, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, District 3

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Let's Talk 2026 Farm Bill

Published | Video Starts at 02:41

Here's what's bad about it. The bill doesn't do anything to lower input costs for farmers. While the President continues to engage in a reckless, unauthorized war with Iran. Fuel and fertilizer costs have increased exponentially. The bill does nothing to address that reality. This bill also doesn't touch the problems with essential nutrition programs like SNAP created through HR1, the so called one big beautiful bill which cut or reduced benefits to more than 40 million Americans. (02:41–02:45)

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