John Cornyn: “Only about 20% of the farm bill actually benefits farmers.”

“As Senator Boozman likes to say, we need to put the farm back in the farm bill, which are true words. Only about 20% of the farm bill actually benefits farmers. The rest of it is nutrition programs and other mandatory spending. That is part of this alliance between urban and rural interests, but has produced, frankly, an unworkable process where …” (02:52–02:58)

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