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Home » Press Releases » Opportunity Wisconsin: Van Orden votes to advance Farm Bill, including cuts to food assistance programs
LA CROSSE, Wis. – In case you missed it, last week Congressman Derrick Van Orden voted to advance a Republican-written Farm Bill proposal out of the House Agriculture Committee, despite billions in potential cuts to food assistance programs that support tens of millions of Americans. According to reports, if the food assistance cuts in this bill were enacted, it would make the largest cuts to SNAP...