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October 14, 2022
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Reverend Warnock Is Leading The Fight to Lower Costs for All Georgia Farmers, Support Rural Communities
Reverend Warnock Sits On The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee and Has Worked Across the Aisle to Fight for Georgia Farmers
Savannah, GA – As a proud member of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, Reverend Warnock is committed to working with his colleagues on both sides of the aisle to lead the fight to lower costs for Georgia farmers and support rural communities.
Since his earliest days in the U.S. Senate, Reverend Warnock wasted no time getting to work on behalf of Georgia’s largest industry, working to support farms by lowering their costs, fighting to secure debt relief for small family farmers, and investing in rural broadband to strengthen rural communities across the state.
Read more about Reverend Warnock’s work to fight for all Georgia farmers below:
LOWERING COSTS FOR FARMERS:
- Reverend Warnock led a bipartisan effort with Senator Tommy Tuberville to lower tariffs for Georgia peanut farmers.
- Reverend Warnock is leading the fight to lower energy costs for Georgia farmers and small businesses.
- Reverend Warnock is fighting to secure debt relief for Georgia’s small farms and farming families — helping Georgia’s small farmers qualify for up to a quarter million dollars in debt relief.
- Reverend Warnock is fighting to reduce trade barriers for Georgia farmers, specifically Georgia’s pecan producers that face tariff rates as high as 36 percent when they try to export their products abroad.
- Reverend Warnock joined with House Agriculture Committee Chairmen Sanford Bishop and Rep. David Scott to push the USDA to assist cotton merchandisers to help recover COVID-19 losses.
- Reverend Warnock secured up to $300 million to help reduce barriers to access for land, capital, and market access for farmers across the state.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE:
- Reverend Warnock secured $10 million in mental health resources for Georgia’s farmers.
- Reverend Warnock visited a farm in Musella, Georgia to discuss his ongoing efforts to invest in farmer mental health, expand telehealth access in rural farming communities, and ensure farmers have the assistance they need to thrive.
SUPPORTING RURAL COMMUNITIES:
- Reverend Warnock is leading the fight to invest in Georgia’s rural communities, including securing $7 billion to expand rural broadband nationwide in the bipartisan infrastructure law.
- Reverend Warnock partnered with Senator Bill Cassidy to champion the Disaster Reforestation Act to help our forest landowners recover after a natural disaster.
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