Open email to Sen. Cruz (TX):
Dear Sen. Cruz,
Thank you for your form letter on the Farm Bill, which you voted against.
You said, "The Senate-passed farm bill placed more emphasis on cynical Washington politics and special interests than on meaningful reform, and I could not vote to support it. This trillion-dollar bill unnecessarily held support for farmers and ranchers hostage to the unchecked growth of food stamp entitlements and other non-farming programs, costing 60 percent more than the last authorization, in 2008."
As you adequately point out, food stamp entitlements and other nonfarming programs have no business being part of a farm bill. Food stamps should be part of a welfare bill and anything else not related to farm should be relegated to its appropriate category.
Thanks again for recognizing this obvious discrepancy and doing your best to remedy it.
Dear Sen. Cruz,
Thank you for your form letter on the Farm Bill, which you voted against.
You said, "The Senate-passed farm bill placed more emphasis on cynical Washington politics and special interests than on meaningful reform, and I could not vote to support it. This trillion-dollar bill unnecessarily held support for farmers and ranchers hostage to the unchecked growth of food stamp entitlements and other non-farming programs, costing 60 percent more than the last authorization, in 2008."
As you adequately point out, food stamp entitlements and other nonfarming programs have no business being part of a farm bill. Food stamps should be part of a welfare bill and anything else not related to farm should be relegated to its appropriate category.
Thanks again for recognizing this obvious discrepancy and doing your best to remedy it.
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