A bill written by a Wisconsin Senator is looking to get farmers the funds they are owed.
Senator Tammy Baldwin, along with several other colleagues, has announced the Honor Farmer Contracts Act, which they say will “release illegally withheld funding for all contracts and agreements previously entered into by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.”
She claims that President Donald Trump and the USDA have “refused to make reimbursement payments to fulfill signed contracts, without any indication of when or whether farmers will be paid the money they paid out and are owed… This legislation would require the USDA to pay farmers all past due payments as quickly as possible to prevent them from having to shut down their operations.”
Sixteen Senators have signed onto the bill, while New Mexico Representative Gabe Vasquez has introduced a companion bill in the House of Representatives.
