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WASHINGTON — Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) unveiled the framework of the Farm and Family Relief Act with Democratic members of the House Agriculture Committee at a press conference on Capitol Hill. Watch the press conference here.
The Farm and Family Relief Act is a response to President Trump’s crushing tariffs and massive unfunded mandate to the states through a cost-shift in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – which have endangered the financial wellbeing of farmers, increased the cost of groceries and threatened food access for millions of American children, seniors and veterans.
“Americans know that life is simply more expensive today than when President Trump took office last year. Family farmers have been bankrupted by Trump’s ill-conceived trade wars and state governments are facing the terrifying reality that they may need to let millions of residents go hungry because of his heartless cuts to food assistance. The Farm and Family Relief Act doesn’t pick winners and losers. It helps all Americans by reigning in the tariffs that have increased our cost of living, giving states breathing room to adapt to shifting SNAP rules and providing an economic lifeline to farmers so they can continue to feed our nation and the world. Unlike the Trump administration, which loves to pick winners and losers, the Farm and Family Relief Act has provisions that help all Americans – and only as a package can we deliver true relief to the American people,” said Ranking Member Craig.
Ranking Member Craig was joined at the press conference by stalwarts of family farmers and anti-hunger champions who serve on the Agriculture Committee, U.S. Representatives Shontel Brown (OH-11), Jim Costa (CA-21), Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Gabe Vasquez (MN-02) and Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08).
View the Farm and Family Relief Act one-pager here.
The American Farm Bureau Federation estimated in November that U.S. farmers have accumulated over $50 billion in losses across the last three crop years. The 2025/26 crop year shows the steepest loss at $28 billion, influenced by Trump’s tariffs. Farm leaders have described the president’s $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program as “not enough.” Fruits and vegetable prices are up an average of 5.3 percent, while food eaten away from home has increased 4.1 percent.
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