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While I recognize more could have been done to reform farm payments, I feel the most important piece of the farm bill is the nutrition title--which makes substantial improvements in the Food Stamp Program and The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) which provides USDA commodities to food banks like Oregon Food Bank.

The bill invests more than $10 billion dollars in the nutrition title over 10 years. 35.5 million Americans struggle against hunger and food insecurity--hundreds of thousands of them right here in Oregon. Our fellow Oregonians are in desperate need of more assistance through increases in food stamp benefits. The monthly food stamp benefit of $10 has not increased since 1977. Oregon Food Bank has seen a more than 50 percent decrease in USDA commodities just over the past four years.

This is an important bill that helps millions of hungry Americans and should be supported by Oregon members of Congress.

posted 5 years ago
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