The Senate Agriculture Committee voted the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act — the proposed name for the 2012 Farm Bill — out of Committee on Thursday, April 26.  The markup and negotiations that immediately preceded the markup resulted in some improvements in the bill for local food systems and rural development, though there is still work to be done to ensure the final bill fully captures the economic opportunities to be gained in these areas of our nation’s agriculture and food policy.

What follows is a breakdown of provisions offered last week that were (and were not) included in the Farm Bill that emerged out of the Senate Committee markup.  A previous blog post on local food and rural development summarizes the provisions as presented in the original draft bill that was released on Friday, April 20.  We will not repeat that information here, but refer interested readers back to the earlier post.  This post focuses on changes adopted immediately before or in the Committee markup.

Nutrition Title

Two amendments were filed that could have bolstered opportunities for schools and other institutions to procure food from local farmers and ranchers.  The first was filed by Sen. Brown (D-OH), the Senate lead sponsor of the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act (S. 1773).  The second was filed by Sens. Casey (D-PA) and Leahy (D-VT).  Ultimately, neither of these amendments were offered during markup.  NSAC will continue to pursue Farm to School provisions during the Senate floor process and on the House side.

Thanks to an amendment offered by Sen. Leahy and passed out of committee, the bill now includes a provision that would make it easier for SNAP recipients to participate in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs.  NSAC supports this provision and will advocate for it to remain in the final Farm Bill.

Chairwoman Stabenow (D-MI) championed a new program, with a total of $100 million in  mandatory funding over five years, to encourage purchases of fruits and vegetables by SNAP consumers at retail outlets, including farmers markets.  The grants are modeled after the successful work of Fair Food Network’s Double Up Food Bucks program.

Also noteworthy is the addition of the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) – it was not in the original bill presented on April 20 but was included in the revised version on April 25 and included in the bill voted out of committee.  The initiative, which aims to improve access to healthy food in low-income communities, is authorized to receive up to $125 million (no time period is provided for) in discretionary funding through the annual appropriations process.

Rural Development Title

As our earlier post noted, the original bill did not include any mandatory funding for the Rural Development Title.  Unfortunately, despite the efforts of Sen. Brown and others, this sobering fact did not change during the markup process.  The Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program and the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP) remain without any mandatory funding.

Brown did offer an amendment to put $25 million each into these two programs plus $100 million to fund water and wastewater projects.  He withdrew the amendment when it was not clear whether $150 million in mandatory funding was still available, given the changes made to the overall bill during markup, above the net $23 billion savings figure the Committee agreed to save over the next decade relative to current law.  Chairwoman Stabenow indicated her support for the Brown amendment, which will re-emerge in some form when the bill comes to the Senate floor.

No-cost policy changes proposed in the Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act to strengthen and improve a variety of rural development programs were not included in the Senate Committee bill.  The same holds true for the research and extension title.

April 26, 2012

Contact:  Ferd Hoefner, 202-547-5754

NSAC Comments on Senate Farm Bill Markup and Passage

Washington, DC – The Senate Agriculture Committee voted a new farm bill out of committee today by a vote of 16-5.  The committee bill saves $23 billion over the next ten years according to budget estimates.

The committee bill includes historic reforms to commodity subsidies.  In addition to replacing automatic direct payments with a shallow loss revenue-based payment, the bill limits payments to not more than one farm manager per farm operation.  Under current law, mega farms collect multiple payments worth millions of dollars through passive investors and landowners who are counted as farm managers.

“We applaud the Senate Agriculture Committee for including common sense rules to commodity payments and ending years of abuse by closing program loopholes,” said Ferd Hoefner, Policy Director for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.  “Thanks to Senator Grassley’s (R-IA) tireless leadership, the Committee was able to make sure that hardworking farmers – not mega farms and absentee investors – are the key beneficiaries of farm programs.”

The Committee also enacted a nationwide “Sodsaver” provision to protect native grass and prairie lands.  The provision reduces crop insurance premium subsidies and tightens program rules in a manner that will reduce the taxpayer-funded incentive to destroy important grassland resources.

“By agreeing to a nationwide ‘Sodsaver’ provision championed by Senators Thune (R-SD), Brown (D-OH), and Johanns (R-NE), the Senate Agriculture Committee made sure that taxpayer dollars are not subsidizing the destruction of native grass and prairie lands,” said Hoefner.  “These lands are diminishing at a rapid rate and protecting them provides ranching opportunities and economic, environmental, and recreational benefits to rural communities.”

While the Committee made progress on these commodity and crop insurance issues, there are several outstanding gaps in the proposed changes to the farm safety net.

“By failing to place limitations on crop insurance subsidies and to re-attach soil erosion and wetland conservation requirements to crop insurance programs, the Committee has failed to do the full reform that is needed.  We intend to continue to press these issues as the bill moves forward,” continued Hoefner.

The Committee also made progress on critical programs that underpin economic growth.

“The leadership of Chairwoman Stabenow (D-MI) and Senators Brown (D-OH), Leahy (D-VT), Harkin (D-IA), and Casey (D-PA) ensured that programs that spur economic growth in rural communities built on gains from the 2008 Farm Bill,” noted Hoefner.  “The Committee reauthorized critical local food and organic programs, such as the Farmers’ Market and Local Food Promotion Program and National Organic Certification Cost Share.”

Despite progress, there were glaring shortfalls and omissions in the Committee’s draft.

“Sens. Harkin (D-IA), Johanns (R-NE), Casey (D-PA), and Nelson (D-NE) championed various beginning farmer provisions, but the bill lacks a cohesive strategy to assist the next generation of American farmers,” said Hoefner.  “Most noticeably, the Committee failed to provide adequate funding for the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, thus limiting critical resources that new farmers need to succeed.”

The Committee did not fund the rural development title, nor did it make needed improvements in farm to school programs.  It also limited the funding for programs targeted to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.

“We regret the Committee’s decision to limit funding for minority farmers in the new bill, and will work to see that funding restored,” said Hoefner.  “We also echo Sen. Brown’s (D-OH) concluding statements: without a strong investment in rural development programs we will miss the opportunity to truly make this bill a jobs bill,” said Hoefner.

“Overall, the bill released out of Committee is an improvement over last year’s draft bill,” said Hoefner, “but there is a still a ways to go to produce a bill that expands opportunities for family farmers to produce good food, sustain the environment, and contribute to vibrant communities.  We look forward to working with the Committee and the full Senate to ensure further progress toward that end.”

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition is a grassroots alliance that advocates for federal policy reform supporting the long-term social, economic, and environmental sustainability of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities.

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We worked last fall with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1) and many other members of Congress to develop the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act.

We are both pleased and disappointed with how the local food bill compares to the Senate’s draft Farm Bill, which makes some steps in the right direction but also missed the mark on vital funding needs as well as no-cost policy tweaks with enormous prospective impact for our economy.

The Good

• The Crop Insurance Titles adds a directive to USDA to create a Whole Farm Diversified Risk Management Insurance product for diversified operations, including specialty crops and mixed grain/livestock and dairy operations.
• The Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) is renamed the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program, thus serving not only direct producer-to-consumer marketing channels but also “scaled up” local food sales to retailers and institutions.  The program receives $20 million in annual mandatory funding, double the current level in light of the new expanded program purpose.  The Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act calls for $30 million a year, a level we will continue to advocate for.
• Funding for Community Food Projects receives an increase of $5 million a year for the next 5 years, above its permanent funding of $5 million a year.
• Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA), which provides research-based information on sustainable agriculture, remains intact with $5 million in annual discretionary funding.
• Funding for national organic certification cost-share fares well.  Click here to read our analysis of organic agriculture in the bill.

The Half-Baked

• The bill levels the playing field between wireless and wired vendors by requiring all retailers to fund their own SNAP Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT, formerly food stamps) equipment, with a discretionary exemption for farmers markets.  NSAC advocates to expand this exemption beyond just farmers markets to all direct producer-to-consumer marketing outlets.  The bill also establishes a pilot program for mobile technology to accept EBT at farmers markets and other direct marketing outlets, however the pilot does not include the development of technology that can accept other nutrition assistance program benefits, which would further expand access to fresh, local foods for low-income Americans.
• The Rural Development Title’s Business and Industry Direct and Guaranteed Loans includes the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act provision for publishing information on and outreach for the program’s set-aside for Local and Regional Food Enterprises loans.  However, none of the proposed food enterprise program improvements were included in the draft bill.  We hope this will be rectified in markup this week and as the farm bill process continues.
• The Rural Business Enterprise Grants (RBEG) and Rural Business opportunity Grants (RBOG) are combined into a single program called Rural Business Development Grants.  NSAC advocates for authority for developing local food enterprises in these programs and in the Community Facilities (CF) program, though none of these no-cost policy changes are included.  We hope these will be added as the bill moves forward.
• Most of the needed policy changes to the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program are included in the draft bill, which is good news.  However, the program receives no mandatory funding, a disappointing loss after the 2008 Farm Bill funded the program.  Hopefully funding will be added as the Senate considers the new farm bill.
• The Horticulture Title creates a study on local food production and program evaluation, which is critically important.  Unfortunately, the study receives no mandatory funding.
• The Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) receives a mandatory funding increase from $55 million to $70 million per year, however none of the Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act’s no-cost local food policy asks were included.  In particular, we support an allocation of program funding for locally marketed specialty crops.

The Ugly

• Organic crop insurance does not fare well at all.  Click here to read our analysis of organic agriculture in the bill.
• The bill leaves out several no-cost policy provisions to expand Farm to School, which benefit both American schoolchildren and our nation’s agricultural producers by ensuring more local foods are served in cafeterias.
• The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, already receiving less funding that there is demand, does not receive an increase in its mandatory allocation.
• The Credit Title does not address the specific needs nor enhance lending opportunities for producers selling in local and regional markets.
• No funding was provided for the Rural Development Title.  NSAC advocates for a Rural Community Prosperity Fund with mandatory funding to drive economic growth in rural communities.
• Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG) receives no mandatory funding, despite the program’s proven track record of creating jobs and stimulating the economy.  Click here to read about VAPG and beginning farmers and ranchers.
• The bill does not include a proposal called “Local and Regional Food Enterprise Facilitation,” which would authorize Extension to provide training and technical assistance in the neediest parts of the country in order to develop economically-viable local food businesses.
• The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) is untouched in the bill, thus leaving out chances to shore up research on local food.  Click here to read more about research in the bill.

The agency said today that $3.5 million in funding will be available to help local school districts organize and implement Farm to School programs.  These critical initiatives seek to educate children about where their food comes from and improve the quality of school meals.  At the same time, they also improve local and regional food systems and create new markets for local food producers.

The new competitive Farm to School Grants program was created in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, also known as the Child Nutrition Act reauthorization.  NSAC, together with the National Farm to School Network and Community Food Security Coalition, championed the inclusion of the Farm to School program in that legislation, working with many senators and representatives led by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ).  That Act makes $5 million a year available for Farm to School programs, beginning October 1, 2012.  USDA’s plan for the other $1.5 million is still under development.

Schools interested in seeking funding for the first round of Farm to School Grants can learn more from the USDA Request for Applications.  Proposals are due by June 15.

Grant Program Details

In accordance with the legislation, USDA said it will prioritize projects that serve school districts and schools that have high free and reduced price meal enrollment.  Additionally, the agency indicated it will be interested in innovative local and regional food procurement strategies.  USDA also said it encourages eligible entities to submit “cluster” applications where a USDA investment in, for example, one school district working in concert with several additional districts, might benefit a wider geographic area than funding to any one entity.

There will be two kinds of awards, planning and implementation.

• Planning grants will range from $20,000 to $45,000 and comprise 25 percent of total awards.  These awards are intended to help school districts and schools organize and structure Farm to School activities. 
• Implementation grants, accounting for 75 percent of total awards, will range from $65,000 to $100,000.  School districts, schools, state and local agencies, Indian tribal organizations, agricultural producers or groups of agricultural producers, and non-profit entities may use these awards to further develop existing Farm to School programs.

Grant applicants must provide at least 25 percent of the costs of the grant project from non-federal sources.

Key Dates

• May 15, 3:00 EST: Implementation Grants Webinar
• May 17, 1:00 EST: Planning Grants Webinar
• May 18: (Suggested) Letter of Intent Deadline
• June 15: Proposals Due (www.grants.gov)
• July 15: Feedback on the RFA Due to USDA (details below)
• October 1, or shortly after: Awards Announced and Funds Available (pending availability)

Additional Information

To learn more about the Farm to School Grants, register for USDA’s Farm to School Listserve.

You can also contact USDA:

• Deborah Kane, National Director, Farm to School Program, Food & Nutrition Services (FNS), Deborah.Kane@fns.usda.gov or 503.326.2010
• Gregory Walton, Grants Management Specialist, FNS, Greg.Walton@fns.usda.gov or 703.305.1575

Finally, since this is a new program, USDA is still collecting feedback from advocates and stakeholders on implementation of the Farm to School Grants.  You can submit feedback through July 15, 2012 to f2sfeedback@fns.usda.gov with the subject header: F2S Feedback.  NSAC submitted comments to USDA last year on how the program should be implemented and managed.

With alarming trends in overweight and obesity, diabetes, and other diet-related diseases, including among American children, there has growing interest in recent years to explore how our food supply impacts the health of our nation.  NSAC and its members are committed to using federal agriculture and food policy to strengthen public health.

Here are some of examples of our public health work as well as ideas for how can you connect your food system work to public health advocacy:

• NSAC partners with the National Farm to School Network and Community Food Security Coalition to advocate for Farm to School programs, which have a proven track record of increasing children’s consumption of fresh produce.  In the new Farm Bill we are proposing expanded opportunities for schools to purchase fresh, local produce to serve in school meals.
• NSAC and the Farmers Market Coalition, an NSAC member group, strongly support leveling the playing field within nutrition assistance programs to provide low-income Americans with access to farmers markets and other direct producer-to-consumer marketing outlets.
• The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, an NSAC member, convenes Healthy Food Action, an effort to engage health professionals in advocating for healthy food and agriculture policies.  You can sign up to receive action alerts and other pertinent information and can sign your name to the Charter for a Healthy Farm Bill.
• NSAC member Fair Food Network operates Double Up Food Bucks, a nutrition incentive initiative for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  Research shows nutrition incentives not only increase purchases of fresh produce but also yield purchases of a wider variety of nutrient-rich produce.

Local food is a small but growing sector of American agriculture.  A new study by the Congressional Research Service notes that the “farm-level value of local food sales totaled about $4.8 billion in 2008, or about 1.6 percent of the U.S. market for agricultural products.  An estimated total of 107,000 farms are engaged in local food systems, or about 5 percent of all U.S. farms.”

The KYF2 Compass documents the multitude of benefits to be reaped by local food systems, from job creation to expanded access to fresh foods.  The new, web-based resource was introduced personally by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan via a live web stream, with a heavy emphasis on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media activity.

USDA coverage of the release of the Compass suggests that it will be a tool for everyone from farmers to consumers so they can, in USDA’s words:

• Learn about USDA resources to develop local and regional food enterprises – from seasonal high tunnels that extend the growing season, to technical assistance for beginning and experienced producers, to support for marketing, processing, distribution and retail infrastructure.
• See case studies and photos of successful producers and projects from around the country.
• Navigate the interactive KYF Compass Map, which shows the location and focus of many USDA-supported local and regional food projects.
• Watch videos documenting how others are building strong local and regional food businesses, expanding local food production on their farms and ranches, and making change in their communities.
• Join the national conversation.  If you’re a customer, meet a farmer.  If you’re a farmer, talk to your customers.  Continue the conversation in your neighborhood, town and community about what local foods mean to you.

The KYF2 Compass creates a record of the impact of several successful programs from the 2008 Farm Bill that need renewal in 2012, including the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP), and Value-Added Producer Grant Program (VAPG).

The Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act and the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act include provisions to renew funding for these vital programs and to ensure our federal agriculture policy meets the needs of local and regional producers.  Both bills are aimed at inclusion in the 2012 Farm Bill and have the support of hundreds of farm, food, and rural organizations nationwide.

February 29, 2012
Contact: Helen Dombalis, 202-547-5754
Washington, DC, February 29, 2012 – Today USDA released a comprehensive report on its Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, launched in 2009 to enhance coordination among federal programs that in various ways help to build local and regional farm and food systems.

“This is a very timely report,” notes Helen Dombalis, Policy Associate with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.  “The ongoing revitalization of regional farm and food systems depends on the continuation of key 2008 Farm Bill programs whose funding expires later this year if Congress does not act.”

The expiring farm bill programs range from Value-Added Producer Grants, which help farmers develop new products and markets while increasing their share of the consumer food dollar, to the Farmers Market Promotion Program, which helps create and expand venues for direct farmer-to-consumer sales of local foods.

Also up for farm bill funding renewal are the Rural Micro-Entrepreneur Assistance Program, National Organic Certification Cost Share Program, Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers, Rural Energy for America Program, Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative, and Specialty Crop Research Initiative.

“Congress should renew and expand funding for these innovative programs in the 2012 Farm Bill,” says Dombalis.  “Local and regional agriculture is a major new driver in the farm economy.  There are very significant emerging market and business opportunities, but major research, infrastructure, and technical assistance gaps need to be filled to reap the full benefit.  We need all of the existing farm bill tools available in the future to grow rural jobs and to increase new farming opportunities.”

Several bills pending in Congress, including the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act and the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act, include provisions to renew funding for these vital programs and to ensure our federal agriculture policy meets the needs of local and regional producers.  Both bills are aimed at inclusion in the 2012 Farm Bill and have the support of hundreds of farm, food, and rural organizations nationwide.

Report Contents and the Compass

Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food’s primary goals revolve around better using federal resources to boost job creation through a modernization of local and regional farm and food economies.  The report details a case study in northeastern Iowa where local food sales catapulted more than one thousand percent in just four years and another in Oklahoma where a group of producers are aggregating, labeling, and cooperatively marketing $70,000 worth of food a month statewide to create an extra income stream.  Similar economic ripple effects to improve farm and rural income are found throughout the report.

Food access also plays prominently into the initiative’s priorities, which include programs to localize food processing and distribution in ways that reach underserved communities.  The USDA Farm to School team has helped spur programs that have increased students’ fresh fruit and vegetable consumption by 25 to 84 percent, and Know Your Farmer has also coordinated research to support the development of new “food hubs” which facilitate growers’ access to local markets and fair prices.

Along with the report, USDA is releasing an interactive mapping feature called the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass, which highlights accomplishments of USDA programs and success stories from across the country.  The new web-based tool will provide a visual, state-by-state display of projects and case studies that fall under the umbrella of the initiative.

The initiative does not have a budget of its own.  Rather, it uses existing USDA programs and staff to better improve the Department’s response to the burgeoning farmer and consumer interest in regional food systems.

Dombalis describes Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food as “government at its best.  Programs and services serving local and regional producers are scattered across USDA’s various agencies.  The Know Your Farmer initiative helps drive vital coordination to improve program delivery.”

Both the report and Compass are available on the USDA’s website at http://www.usda.gov/kyfcompass

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition is a grassroots alliance that advocates for federal policy reform supporting the long-term social, economic, and environmental sustainability of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities.

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We previously reported to you that a 2011 Food and Farm Bill appeared imminent.  Days before Thanksgiving the Congressional “Super Committee” failed to reach agreement on $1.2 trillion in budget cuts.  With that, the 2011 Farm Bill proposal intended for inclusion in the Super Committee’s deficit reduction bill is thus no more.

The now dead 2011 proposal was a mixed bag to be sure.  However, because you made your voice heard, the short-lived 2011 Farm Bill contained some of sustainable agriculture’s conservation, local food, beginning farmer, and organic priorities.

There are many scenarios for what might happen next with the farm bill.  What’s clear is that a more traditional farm bill process will begin early next year.  We now have a prime opportunity to amplify our voices and push for a greener, healthier, and fairer food and farm system for consumers and family farmers!

We need your continued engagement to keep up the momentum and mobilize an even stronger front for the 2012 Food and Farm Bill Campaign.  Thriving family farms and sustainable and organic agriculture are critical to America’s economy, health, and environment.  Pass this link on to your friends and networks, build the sustainable and organic agriculture movement, and stay tuned!

Thank you for all you do!

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Staff

To take action on two of our farm bill priorities, see the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act and Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act.

To support our 2012 Food and Farm Bill Campaign, please make a tax-deductible donation today.  Thank you!

To remind readers of current action items, we summarized and linked three alerts below.

Urgent Action Needed on the Farm Bill

The food and farm bill is moving at such a rapid pace presently, and we want to make sure you are aware of the urgent actions you can take today before it’s too late. If the Agriculture Committee fulfills their goal of completing detailed food and farm bill legislation by this Tuesday November 1st, you only have a few days left to make your voice heard.

Speak out and oppose any farm bill deal that makes big cuts to conservation and nutrition programs, fails to restore funding for local food and beginning farmer programs, or keeps subsidizing commodity production without strict per farm limits.

Exciting food and farm bill reforms and new proposals this week

Beginning Farmers — This week a major new bill was announced in the House and Senate! The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011 (H.R. 3236; Senate bill number forthcoming), introduced by Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa and Representatives Tim Walz of Minnesota and Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska is a comprehensive bill intended for inclusion in the 2012 Farm Bill that that helps support economic opportunities for young and beginning farmers and ranchers.

This is our chance to ensure food security for future generations and new farming enterprises that can bring jobs and economic renewal to revitalize our nation’s communities. Ask your Two Senators and your Representative to Co-sponsor the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011! We need support from as many legislators as possible – and quickly.

Local Farms/Food – Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Representative Chellie Pingree of Maine announced that next week they would introduce the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act! This is a second comprehensive bill intended for inclusion in the 2012 Farm Bill – a groundbreaking opportunity for you to support local farmers and ranchers and to ensure your local food system continues to grow. Ask your two Senators and your Representative to co-sponsor the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act!

In the coming days, we will be joining members of Congress and other farm and food advocates in introducing the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act!

The goal of the bill is to advance the development of local and regional farm and food systems from farm to table.  Local food systems not only hold potential for connecting consumers with where their food comes from, but also for boosting farm income, stimulating job creation and economic development, and meeting public health and nutrition goals.

The bill will address the needs of consumers in accessing food from their local communities and the needs of farmers and ranchers producing for local and regional markets, including infrastructure and processing capabilities.  While there are growing “relocalization” efforts and local food economies are expanding across the nation, policy reforms are needed to overcome barriers and more fully capitalize on the new farming opportunities, jobs, and economic growth this sector can deliver.

Ask your two Senators and your Representative to co-sponsor the Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act!
We need support from as many legislators as possible – and quickly.
Can we count on you to take action?