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Jim Clyburn's Public Statements on Issue: Agriculture and Food

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (SC) - District 6

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07/21/2022 Tweet - "Not only does South Carolina produce 3 times more peaches than Georgia, but we're home to premium peaches from Titan Farms! I'm excited to continue the tradition of sharing this home grown deliciousness with my colleagues in D.C."
07/06/2022 Tweet - "Supporting our farmers will lower costs for American families at the pump and the grocery store. @HouseDemocrats passed the Lower Food & Fuel Costs Act to increase competitive food market pricing, lower fertilizer costs, and make cheaper fuel available at gas stations."
05/18/2022 Tweet - "House Democrats have been working closely with the Biden-Harris Admin to solve the infant formula shortage. Tonight, the House passed legislation to provide the FDA with emergency funding to address the shortage and to improve access to formula for low-income Americans."
10/13/2021 Tweet - "South Carolina @USDA is getting two outstanding leaders -- Dr. Saundra Glover and Ms. Laurie Funderburk. I'm confident their backgrounds and experiences in SC will allow them to continue to serve the state well."
05/25/2021 Tweet - "Minority farmers in this country have experienced a history of loan discrimination. This part of the American Rescue Plan is designed to right that wrong and will provide socially disadvantaged farmers with debt relief."
05/24/2021 Tweet - "Pleased to join @SecVilsack & Orangeburg County, SC Black farmers to talk about American Rescue Plan assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers. Thanks to @POTUS & Congressional Democrats minority farmers can access $4 billion in debt relief+$1 billion in increased resources."
04/29/2021 Majority Whip Clyburn Praises President Biden's Inclusive Agenda And First 100 Days In Office
03/18/2021 Tweet - "Many of our nation's farmers work tirelessly to put food on our tables, yet they often live in fear of deportation. The Farm Workforce Modernization Act allows farmworkers to earn legal status and improves job opportunities in the agriculture industry."
03/10/2021 Tweet - "I look at this legislation & I see it being targeted. One report yesterday said this program of doing more for Black farmers than anything since the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This legislation targets children who need to get back in school. That's targeting to me."
03/10/2021 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
04/24/2020 Congressman Clyburn Announces More than $750 Thousand in Scholarship Funds for South Carolina State University
12/04/2019 Tweet - "50 years ago Sen. Fritz Hollings led a Hunger Tour through SC, which moved Pres. Nixon to support the creation of SNAP. Now this Admin is undermining this successful program to combat food insecurity, making it harder for Americans to access assistance they need. #HandsOffSNAP"
11/26/2019 Tweet - "The @USDA's SNAP proposal would cause nearly #1MillionKids to lose access to free school meals. This is unacceptable. Children need access to nutritious foods both at home and during the school day. We must protect our children."
12/12/2018 Tweet - "The Farm Bill preserves the safety net to ensure families & children in need won't go hungry, rolling back Republican efforts to destroy nutrition aid. As Matthew 25 teaches us, "whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me" (1/3)"
05/18/2018 Tweet - "Proud of my colleagues for stopping the #GOPFarmBill, which just failed in the House 198 to 213. I hope the #GOP will now work with us on a bipartisan Farm bill that protects America's working families and children. #ProtectSNAP #HandsOffSNAP"
05/17/2018 Tweet - "#GOPFarmBill cruelly removes hundreds of thousands from #SNAP & forces millions more to struggle to put food on the table. What happened to "Love thy neighbor?" #NoHouseFarmBill #HandsOffSNAP #ProtectSNAP"
05/17/2018 Tweet - "As people of faith, we have a duty to love thy neighbors and be a voice for the voiceless, which is why I stand against the #GOPFarmBill. #ProtectSNAP #HandsOffSNAP"
05/17/2018 Tweet - "Cuts to #SNAP would be devastating to low income families and many rural groceries and farmers markets. The #GOPFarmBill doesn't do the work. #ProtectSNAP #HandsOffSNAP"
05/17/2018 Tweet - "Service to the poor and neediest among us appears in one form or another in every manner of faith. That's why I'm listening to the many men and women of faith who've expressed their significant concern with #SNAP cuts in partisan #GOPFarmBill. #ProtectSNAP #NoHouseFarmBill"
05/17/2018 Tweet - "The #GOP puts the interests of the wealthy ahead of working families with partisan tax & Farm bills. #NoHouseFarmBill #ProtectSNAP #GOPFarmBill #HandsOffSNAP"
05/23/2017 Clyburn Statement on Trump Budget Proposal
11/15/2013 Letter to Senators Debbie Stabenow and Thad Cochran and Representatives Frank Lucas and Collin Peterson - Do No Cut Food Stamps
10/11/2013 Relating to Consideration of House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; Providing for Consideration of H. Res. 378, Expressing Sense of House Relating to Tariff-Rate Quotas for Raw and Refined Sugar; and Providing for Consideration of H. Res. 379, Expressing Sense of House Relating to Crop Insurance
10/11/2013 Relating to Consideration of House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; Providing for Consideration of H. Res. 378, Expressing Sense of House Relating to Tariff-Rate Quotas for Raw and Refined Sugar; and Providing for Consideration of H. Res. 379, Expressing Sense of House Relating to Crop Insurance
09/19/2013 Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013
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