From Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American, 10/20/2024:
I had hoped to write tonight about the farm bill, which Eric Hovde, running for the Senate from Wisconsin although it’s not clear he lives there, could not talk about in the debate between him and incumbent senator Tammy Baldwin on Friday. “I’m not an expert on the farm bill because I'm not in the U.S. Senate at this point in time,” Hovde said. “So I can’t opine specifically on all aspects of the farm bill.”
The farm bill is one of our most important pieces of legislation. It establishes the main agricultural and food policies of the government, covering price supports for farm products, especially corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice, peanuts, dairy, and sugar; crop insurance; conservation programs; and nutritional programs for 41 million low-income Americans, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) formerly known as food stamps. It must pass every five years but has been held up by Republican extremists in the House and is now in limbo. One would think that anyone running for Senate should know it pretty well, especially in Wisconsin, where in 2022 farms produced $16.7 billion in agricultural products.
Screenshot from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/10/2024
Clearly, transgender messaging is more important to Wisconsin Republicans than the farm bill.
Other Hovde posts:
2024
Eric Hovde rips a page from the 2022 Ron Johnson campaign playbook. (8/16/2024)
Sorry, Eric Hovde, Ron Johnson did better than you in 2022, even with a smaller voter turnout. (8/15)
Dear Eric Hovde: No, wet head, China is not buying up large stretches of American agricultural land. Best, Retiring Guy. (7/11/2024)
2023
China buying up farmland in Nebraska? Nope, guess again! Single biggest buyer is Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (12/7)
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