{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/2026/08/07/slotkin-statement-on-voting-no-in-committee-on-draft-partisan-farm-bill/", "Slotkin Statement on Voting No in Committee on Draft Partisan Farm Bill", "2026-08-07", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "MI", "Elissa Slotkin", "S001208", "www.slotkin.senate.gov", "slotkin", "https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/newsroom/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, released the following statement after voting no in committee, against the Senate Republican drafted Farm Bill this week.\n\n\u201cNo one knows better than me how much our farmers and producers in Michigan need a new farm bill, which is out of date with the current hurdles our farmers are facing.\n\n\u201cBut I could not support the draft as is because the bill would cost the state of Michigan as much as $300 million. That could result in a big cut to the state of Michigan\u2019s budget and result in further cuts to SNAP. We have asked Republicans for a two- year delay to manage those costs.\n\n\u201cThis bill pits farmers against citizens in Michigan, and it doesn\u2019t have to be that way.\n\n\u201cI believe Democrats and Republicans can work together here, and there are many positive things for farmers in this draft, including year-round E15 to help our corn growers and over 25 provisions that I helped champion for Michigan \u2014 from helping specialty crop growers like cherries and asparagus, to water conservation and protecting food and farm supply chains from the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s influence.\n\n\u201cI urge Chairman Boozman and Republicans to work with Democrats to reach a compromise that delivers for our farmers this year. We just need to be fair to our states in the process.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-08T05:41:38Z", "2026-08-08T05:43:24Z"]], "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://www.slotkin.senate.gov/2026/08/07/slotkin-statement-on-voting-no-in-committee-on-draft-partisan-farm-bill/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6294688209891319, "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"}