03/05/2026
🆕 Farm Bill Alert—Farm Bill Strips Protections from Pesticides for Farmers, Consumers, and the Environment [March 5]
The Farm Bill—the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, H.R. 7567—reported out of the Agriculture Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives early this morning strips environmental and public health protections from pesticides, reversing over 90 years of environmental laws adopted by Congress to protect farmers, consumers, and the environment that stretch back to the first Farm Bill in 1933. House Ag GOP House Ag Dems
The Committee rejected the Protect Our Health Amendment, sponsored by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), which would have ensured that the final bill maintain three core safeguards in current law: (i) Judicial review of chemical manufacturers‘ failure to warn about pesticide hazards; (ii) Democratic right of local governments in coordination with states to protect residents from pesticide use; and, (iii) Local site-specific action to ensure protection—the safety of air, water, and land from pesticides under numerous environmental statutes.
↪️ All Republicans and one Democrat (Congressman Adam Gray, D-CA) on the Committee blocked the Pingree amendment.
🗣️ “Discarding the traditional bipartisan process used to draft the Farm Bill in the Agriculture Committees of Congress, the Republican majority has instead passed a measure that has garnered across-the-board disapproval, except from those representing the vested interests of chemical companies and agribusiness,” said Jay Feldman, executive director of Beyond Pesticides.
The bill moves to the House floor amid growing opposition—the final bill reported out with 27 Republicans and 7 Democrats voting for it and 17 Democrats voting against.
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