Conservative Action Project
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House Should Reject Food Stamp and Corporate Cronyism Legislation
America's agriculture economy is vitally important to our nation, not just for rural families and businesses who grow and produce our food, but also for Americans in all walks of life whose jobs are either directly or indirectly related to the fate of American agriculture. That is why it is so important for Congress to pass good policy. Unfortunately, the House of Representatives is missing a key opportunity to provide the kinds of reform that we need. The Bill before the House is merely increasing food stamps spending and corporate cronyism for agricultural special interests.
This $970 billion bill (80% of which goes to increased food stamps spending) is laden with special interest handouts, cronyism, anti-free market policies, and the furtherance of a welfare policy that promotes dependency and decline over giving folks the opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
Further, the amendment process is badly broken. Key conservative amendments have been blocked for consideration so that the coalition of urban liberals and big-spending Republicans remains intact.
The underlying policy is seriously flawed and badly misses the mark, and the amendment process is unfair for conservatives. We urge you to oppose this legislation. America's farm policy is too important to get wrong.
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Former Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan
Chris Chocola
President
Club for Growth
The Honorable David McIntosh
Former Member of Congress
Indiana
Mike Needham
President
Heritage Action for America
Tim Phillips
President
Americans for Prosperity
Matt Kibbe
President
FreedomWorks
Al Cardenas
President
American Conservative Union
Erick Erickson
Editor
RedState
Brent Bozell
President
ForAmerica
Alfred S. Regnery
Former Publisher
The American Spectator
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Former Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan
Phil Kerpen
President
American Commitment
Duane Parde
President
National Taxpayers Union
David Williams
President
Taxpayers Protection Alliance
William L. Walton
Chairman
Rush River LLC
Colin Hanna
President
Let Freedom Ring
Rob Sisson
President
ConservAmerica
Myron Ebell
President
FreedomAction
Seton Motley
President
Less Government
Timothy H. Lee
Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs
Center for Individual Freedom