Support increased disaster assistance for farm producers

Tom Sell supports increasing disaster assistance for American producers. He said the Trump Administration had requested $12 billion and that some members of Congress wanted to raise the amount to about $16 billion; Sell called that proposed higher level a worthy investment in farm families facing high input costs. He did not specify an amount he would personally seek.

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In their own words

I think that’s a worthy investment in our nation’s independent entrepreneurial farm families

The source

Tom Sell: post-election interview

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