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Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, and Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released the following statements after working to include
more than $7 billion in disaster assistance to help farmers and ranchers with losses due to drought and other natural disasters as part of the Senate’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which was approved by the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee today.
As the ranking member of Senate Agriculture Appropriations, Hoeven was responsible for crafting the legislation and worked with Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Boozman on the disaster assistance provisions. Specifically, the more than $7 billion includes: