WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to pass H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013:

“I voted today in support of Georgia’s farmers and the one in seven Georgians whose livelihoods are directly linked to the agriculture industry. The FARRM Act would have made significant reforms to commodity programs, while also cutting $2 billion annually from food stamps and implementing much-needed reforms to the SNAP program. Unfortunately, the liberal policies put in place by Pelosi and Washington Democrats in 2008 will remain the law of the land and federal spending will continue to increase unless another bill is passed.”

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