Top Farm-State Lawmakers Skeptical of Trump Making Farmers Whole
- Senate Agriculture Committee chairman wants trade, not aid
- Ranking Democrat on House farm panel calls for subsidy boost
U.S. Soybean Farmers Most Affected by U.S. China Tariffs
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Leading lawmakers on congressional agriculture committees said Tuesday they’re skeptical that the White House can fix any economic harm for farmers arising from a trade dispute with China by giving them temporary aid through the Agriculture Department.
"We don’t need another subsidy program, we need to sell our product," Republican Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said at a meeting of agricultural reporters in Washington. "If we do that, we don’t need some sort of crazy-quilt program."