Revitalize rural America, protect the farm safety net, maintain critical nutrition programs, and invest in conservation.

In Congress, Nikki is focused on revitalizing rural America, protecting the farm safety net, maintaining critical nutrition programs and investing in conservation.

Budzinski states she is focused in Congress on rural revitalization, farm safety net protection, nutrition programs, and conservation investment.

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Today, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry failed to advance the Agricultural Act of 2026 from committee due to unreasonable Democrat demands.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The latest official committee status found shows the Senate farm bill had not advanced, leaving the broader farm-safety-net, nutrition, rural-development, and conservation package unresolved before the September 30, 2026 extension deadline.

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Chairman Thompson Statement on Failure to Advance Farm Bill in Senate Agriculture Committee | House Agriculture Committee
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Budzinski fought to include important initiatives to improve the overall text and support Illinois growers. The amendments she introduced would:

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Budzinski documented concrete efforts on farm-bill amendments, but the statement also framed the final bill as failing rural America, SNAP, markets, and conservation, so the campaign commitment remains unresolved rather than delivered.

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Budzinski Statement on Vote Against Farm Bill
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