Washington, Dec. 22 -- Rep. John B. Larson issued the following press release:
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined Rep. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and a coalition of 14 Members of Congress demanding transparency and fairness for small and specialty crop farmers as the Trump Administration implements its recently announced $12 billion bailout for farmers and agribusinesses harmed by the President's trade wars:
"Let us be extremely clear - your administration is opting to use billions in taxpayer dollars to provide relief to farmers whom your incoherent trade policies have harmed in the first place. Farmers who have seen input costs skyrocket and lost export markets because of trading partners retaliating against your own tariff bullying ta...