coalition-budget-letter-circulate17.0203-7bf26d8ee4e450ad.pdf

A coalition of organizations representing various agricultural, nutrition, and conservation sectors urged U.S. budget and appropriations committees in February 2017 to reject further funding cuts to programs under the jurisdiction of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, arguing that the 2014 Farm Bill had already contributed significantly to deficit reduction.

• A coalition of organizations across sectors including agriculture, nutrition, conservation, energy, and labor urged the Senate and House Budget and Appropriations Committees to reject additional funding cuts to policies under the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
• The 2014 Farm Bill was a bipartisan effort that voluntarily reduced spending before its consideration, contributing an estimated $23 billion to deficit reduction over a 10-year period.
• January 2017 baseline estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) indicate that the 2014 Farm Bill cost less than originally projected, with crop insurance and nutrition spending alone totaling nearly $100 billion less than expected.
• The coalition argues that further budget or appropriations cuts would hinder the development and passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, particularly as farm income has decreased by 46 percent over the preceding three years.

APA

Environmental and Energy Study Institute (2017). coalition-budget-letter-circulate17.0203-7bf26d8ee4e450ad.pdf. https://www.eesi.org/files/Coalition-Budget-Letter-Circulate17.0203.pdf

Chicago

Environmental and Energy Study Institute. coalition-budget-letter-circulate17.0203-7bf26d8ee4e450ad.pdf. 2017. https://www.eesi.org/files/Coalition-Budget-Letter-Circulate17.0203.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{environmentalandenergystudyinstitute2017coalitionbudgetlettercirculate1702037bf26d8ee4e450adpdf, author = {{Environmental and Energy Study Institute}}, title = {{coalition-budget-letter-circulate17.0203-7bf26d8ee4e450ad.pdf}}, publisher = {Environmental and Energy Study Institute}, year = {2017}, month = feb, url = {https://www.eesi.org/files/Coalition-Budget-Letter-Circulate17.0203.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }