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Conaway working for House farm bill votes

The Chairman of the House Ag Committee says he does not yet have the votes to pass his version of the 2018 Farm Bill on the House floor this week.

Congressman Michael Conaway says, “We believe we’ll get there.  We’ve got several folks that are still, quote-unquote, reading the bill and coming to their own conclusions.  We’ve got a lot of undecideds.  I’ll be working with them over the weekend to get them to where they need to (be), get them whatever information they need so they’ll understand exactly what the bill does.”

Conaway met with President Donald Trump Thursday, and says the possibility of a Presidential veto of the final Farm Bill because of SNAP nutrition program differences wasn’t discussed.  “No, we didn’t go to that level.  I just asked him for help getting my bill passed.  Senator (Pat) Roberts was in the meeting.  He had a conversation with him about what his bill might look like, but a little premature for that issue.”

Conaway says Trump does support work requirement reforms for the SNAP nutrition program, which is a big part of the House Ag Committee’s Farm Bill.