Today, June 15th, 2022, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) joined House Agriculture Committee Republican Leader Glenn Thompson (PA-15) and over twenty House Republicans to introduce H.R. 8069, the Reducing Farm Input Costs and Barriers to Domestic Production Act. The bill requires the Administration to reverse its regulatory barriers to domestic agriculture production and provide immediate relief to families across the country.
“For too long, Iowa’s farmers have been facing challenges outside of their control. The Administration seems more focused on increasing regulations and making empty promises than helping them,” said Miller-Meeks. “The Reducing Farm Input Costs and Barriers to Domestic Production Act will help Iowa’s family farms and provide them more certainty in the coming months. We all know that food security is national security, and we should start prioritizing and supporting American agriculture.”
Background:
Specifically, the Reducing Farm Input Costs and Barriers to Domestic Production Act:
- Provides relief from EPA’s unprecedented actions related to crop protection tools
- Offers clarity related to WOTUS regulations
- Rescinds the SEC’s harmful proposed rule on climate-related disclosures
- Reinstates the 2020 NEPA streamlining
- Requires an economic analysis of the costs and benefits of GIPSA rules
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