Senator Marshall on RFD-TV: Agriculture has Never Been a Priority for Harris-Biden

Salina, KS – U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D joined RFD-TV to discuss the Farm Bill – which still has not been renewed – and emphasized the importance of writing a high-quality Farm Bill that puts the needs of America’s farmers FIRST. 

Additionally, Senator Marshall slammed the Biden-Harris Administration for their policies that plummeted incomes for farmers to record lows, restricted agriculture production with extreme environmental regulations, and led to record-high inflation grocery bills for Americans. 

You may click HERE or on the image above to watch Senator Marshall’s full interview.

Highlights from Senator Marshall’s interview include: 

On an update on the Farm Bill:

“We’re going to put the farm back in the Farm Bill. We’ve been stuck on two issues that the Democrats refuse to yield on. We need a little bit more help with crop insurance, need a little bit more help on the reference prices…I think what needs to happen is a Republican majority in the Senate, and we’ll follow up with what the Republicans did on the House side, where they put farm back in the Farm Bill, and they took care of crop insurance.”

“If we don’t pass a new Farm Bill, we’re going to get an extension done one way or the other. We’ll get it done, but remember, this is a five-year bill, and I’ve got to get it right. What the Democrats are offering to me now actually hurts the reference prices for wheat and for milo. Kansas is a wheat state – I can’t take a Farm Bill that’s going to hurt wheat, let alone the milo industry. ”

On the state of the agriculture economy under Kamala Harris and Joe Biden:

“The number one concern in farmland is not the Farm Bill – it’s the record increases in input costs, it’s the interest rates, it’s the fact that the Harris Administration has not done one trade agreement. That’s what’s killing agriculture right now.” 

“Have you heard the words ‘biofuels’ come out of the Biden-Harris Administration? There’s no support for the biofuels industry. They don’t do trade agreements. They refuse to put the farm back in the Farm Bill. We need new leadership in the White House.”

“We need a Republican majority in the Senate to go along with that in the House, and then we’ll give you a good Farm Bill. But remember, even reference prices – think about this – the reference prices created in 2018 are only worth 80% of what they were worth five years ago because of inflation.”