Prohibit USDA funds and federal subsidies from being used for solar panels or large-scale solar projects on prime productive farmland, including projects using panels manufactured by foreign adversaries.

David J. Taylor · Ohio · Republican

spending impact 0.60 specificity 0.83 extraction confidence 86%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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We shouldn’t be subsidizing solar projects on prime farmland, that land is too valuable for producing the food and fuel our nation depends on. ... Congressman Taylor introduced the Protecting American Farmland Act on May 8, 2025, which would prohibit U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funds from being used for solar panels on prime farmland.

Taylor repeated a commitment to stop taxpayer or USDA support for solar development on prime farmland, tying it to his Protecting American Farmland Act.

Congressman Taylor, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins Release Joint Op-Ed on Protecting America’s Farmland and Food Security | Representative Dave Taylor
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Evidence

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Taylor's office said Taylor and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins jointly published an op-ed stating USDA had stopped funding solar on productive farmland and barred foreign-adversary panels in USDA-supported projects. The same release says Taylor introduced the Protecting American Farmland Act on May 8, 2025, and that the measure passed the House on April 30, 2026, as part of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): New lookback-window evidence shows Taylor continues to claim progress: an administrative USDA policy has taken effect, and his legislative proposal advanced through the House. It does not prove enactment of a broader statutory ban on all federal subsidies or tax credits for solar on prime farmland.

partial same_term A for effort

Congressman Taylor, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins Release Joint Op-Ed on Protecting America’s Farmland and Food Security | Representative Dave Taylor
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USDA announced that it would stop using taxpayer funding for solar panels on productive farmland and would not allow foreign-adversary-manufactured panels in USDA projects. The agency said the policy was effective immediately and listed program actions affecting the Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program and REAP Guaranteed Loan Program.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This official USDA action substantially delivers the USDA-funding and foreign-adversary-panel parts of the commitment, but the listed implementation appears limited to USDA programs and does not establish a complete federal-subsidy or tax-credit prohibition across the government.

partial same_term A for effort

Secretary Rollins Blocks Taxpayer Dollars for Solar Panels on Prime Farmland
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

USDA administrative action during Taylor's House term appears to prohibit USDA taxpayer funding for solar on productive farmland and bar foreign-adversary-manufactured panels in USDA-supported projects, satisfying an important part of the promise. Taylor also introduced related legislation that passed the House in 2026, showing a serious same-term effort. However, the evidence does not show enactment of a broader government-wide prohibition on all federal subsidies or tax credits for large-scale solar on prime farmland, so full delivery is not established.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 89%