{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-helps-pass-bipartisan-farm-bill-deliver-stability-kansas-farmers-lower", "Davids Helps Pass Bipartisan Farm Bill to Deliver Stability for Kansas Farmers, Lower Costs for Families", "2026-04-30", "2026", "2026-04", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", "davids", "https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, Representative Sharice Davids voted to pass the Farm Bill, emphasizing the need to provide certainty for Kansas farmers and address rising costs for families after years of delayed action in Congress.\n\n\u201cKansas farmers and families have been hit over and over again this past year \u2014 from unstable markets to rising input costs and the ripple effects of reckless tariffs,\u201d said Davids. \u201cWhat they need most right now is stability, not uncertainty. This bipartisan Farm Bill moves us toward more predictability for producers, lower costs for everyone, and a system that actually works for the people feeding and fueling this country. We still have work to do to ensure no family goes hungry, but this is a step toward giving farmers and families the certainty they deserve.\u201d\n\nToday\u2019s Farm Bill:\n\nSupports farmers\u2019 bottom line: Expands access to farm loans, strengthens crop research, and invests in rural development\n\nCuts red tape and boosts innovation: Increases federal support for precision agriculture tools and modern farming practices\n\nProtects food security: Adds cybersecurity safeguards for the agriculture and food supply chain\n\nGrows rural economies: Supports new markets for American-grown renewable fuels\n\nLowers grocery prices: Strengthens the agricultural supply chain so farmers can produce food more efficiently, helping bring down grocery costs\n\nDavids-Led Provisions:\n\nSupports Kansas wheat farmers: Requires USDA study on winter wheat as a cover crop to reduce regulatory confusion and improve soil health\n\nFixes Tribal parity gap: Ensures Tribes can access USDA agricultural credit and support programs under the same terms as states\n\nLast year\u2019s partisan budget, which Davids voted against, took food off Kansans\u2019 tables by cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. In Kansas\u2019 Third District alone, 8,000 households could lose access to food assistance, and up to 27,000 grocery stores nationwide could close due to lost revenue. These cuts are also reducing farm income by more than $30 billion and threatening good-paying jobs. Davids supported an amendment to today\u2019s Farm Bill that would reverse these reckless cuts, but it was not accepted by the Republican majority.\n\nDavids previously went on a Farm Bill listening tour, where she visited a poultry and livestock operation in Anderson County, a co-op in Franklin County, a goat farm in Miami County, an organic vegetable farm in Johnson County, and an educational community farm in Wyandotte County. Davids also toured a Garnett-based renewable ethanol producer, participated in FFA activities at Spring Hill High School, served a school lunch at Black Bob Elementary in Olathe, spoke with industry leaders on financial support programs for farmers, toured a dairy farm in Garnett, and more.\n\nKansas families and farmers are feeling the impact of President Trump\u2019s trade policies. The Budget Lab at Yale estimates the average American household will pay about $2,400 more per year due to tariffs. Davids raised these concerns during a U.S. House Agriculture Committee hearing on trade disruptions \u2014 concerns echoed by Kansas Farm Bureau President Joe Newland.", 1, "2026-05-23T06:08:46Z", "2026-05-23T06:10:20Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-helps-pass-bipartisan-farm-bill-deliver-stability-kansas-farmers-lower"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7675471026450396, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}