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Jim McGovern: “The farm bill locks in close to $200 billion in cuts to…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Published April 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 06:18

There's actually liability protection in this bill for people who make pesticides like, who thinks like that? It protects a broken food system and it will drive up hunger even further and worsen The farm bill locks in close to $200 billion in cuts to SNAP. and acted as part of their big ugly bill. This bill does nothing to reverse those cuts, nothing to address those cuts. (06:18–06:34)

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Asserts that the farm bill includes significant cuts to SNAP.

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“You've already kicked 2.5 million Americans off of SNAP.”
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“USA Today says 70% of farmers can't afford fertilizer.”
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“Republicans spent most of last week negotiating with themselves over FISA.”
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“Most of [the bills] have never become law, where you control the House, you control the Senate, you control the White House.”
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“The Biggs Amendment...would have [required a warrant for searches of already collected data].”
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“Rules Committee Republicans posted the text of a brand new bill at 10:30 on Thursday night.”
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“The sloppy way they drafted this provision may have actually expanded warrantless surveillance.”
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“Their so-called warrant requirement section simply restated existing law.”
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“A bipartisan agreement was reached to clear a 10-day FISA extension by unanimous consent.”
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“Republicans wasted time working on a do-nothing resolution.”
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“The farm bill is a disaster...a giveaway to big ag and chemical.”
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“More cuts in SNAP are coming in their reconciliation bill.”
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“Republicans are helping the polluters, helping the corporations and helping themselves.”
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“20 of its 27 clauses are just Republicans congratulating yourselves for bills you have already passed and... have not become law.”
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“You cut SNAP benefits for every person who relies on this program with your big ugly bill.”
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“Hunger is getting worse in this country. Food insecurity is getting worse in this country.”
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“The farm bill will drive up hunger even further.”
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“A Farm Bureau study says 6 in 10 farms say... farming is getting worse in this country.”
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“We should be bringing substantive legislation to the floor that actually will improve the lives of our rural communities and of our farmers…”
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“We're not spending very much time doing substantive things.”
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