Sen. Durbin Issues Statement on USDA Second Round of Trade Aid Payments
November 18, 2019
November 18, 2019
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, a member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Agriculture Department's announcement of the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program payments to assist farmers affected by the Trump administration's trade policies:
"Illinois soybean farmers have been badly hurt by the President's nearly two-year trade war with China. Worse yet, when you look a . . .
"Illinois soybean farmers have been badly hurt by the President's nearly two-year trade war with China. Worse yet, when you look a . . .