Here are some of the GOP Members of Congress who just voted for a Farm Bill that slashes food assistance for 2 million people, while quietly profiting off the same bill cnn.com/2018/06/04/pol…
.@RepLaMalfa gets $1,747,174 in farm subsidies. He called the Farm Bill’s food stamp cuts “common sense.”
.@RepHartzler, who brags in her Twitter bio about working “to reduce big govt,” has received at least $986,789 in farm subsidies since 1995.
.@RepAbraham has received $444,640. He said the cuts to food assistance will “help people break out of the cycle of poverty and climb the economic ladder."
.@RepKristiNoem has benefited from $573,568 in federal farm subsidies since 1995. She called the Farm Bill’s cuts to SNAP a “big step in the right direction."
- he’s pocketed $71,454 in federal farm subsidies. He praised the "commonsense modernization & reforms to SNAP."
In total, Members of Congress receive at least $15.3 million in farm subsidies between 1995 and 2016. ewg.org/agmag/2017/11/…
The totals don’t even include crop insurance subsidies (which many of these same lawmakers receive).
The House is expected to vote on the Farm Bill *again* this month. Call call call to tell your rep to vote no. handsoffsnap.org
