Matt will fight to protect them from overregulation, foreign land grabs, and attacks from the far left. Working with President Trump, Matt will defend property rights, cut red tape, and ensure Tennessee agriculture thrives for generations to come. He will also push to expand rural healthcare, ensuring every Tennessean — no matter their ZIP code — has access to quality care.
Protect farmers and rural communities by defending property rights, cutting red tape, and expanding rural healthcare.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Rep. Van Epps announced on his official House site that he voted in favor of the 2026 Farm Bill, also called the Farm, Food, and National Security Act.
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The reported House version of H.R. 7567 reauthorizes and modifies Agriculture Department programs, including rural development, farm credit, conservation, and crop insurance.
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The House Clerk recorded Roll Call 128 on April 21, 2026 for H.R. 2493, the Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act. The measure passed 406-4, and Matt Van Epps of Tennessee voted Yea.
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CBO estimated that H.R. 2493 would authorize $80 million per year from 2026 through 2030 for HRSA to expand delivery of health care services in rural areas, implement integrated rural health care networks, and improve small rural providers.
Assessments
Van Epps took same-term federal legislative action aligned with parts of the promise: he voted yea on H.R. 2493, the Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act, which passed the House on April 21, 2026 and would support rural health care programs, and he voted for H.R. 7567, the 2026 Farm Bill, which passed the House on April 30, 2026 and included farm and rural-development provisions. However, the available record does not show final enactment or full delivery across all promised components, especially defending property rights, cutting red tape, and expanding rural healthcare as completed outcomes. This supports partial credit, not full delivery.
Van Epps took same-term federal action by voting for the 2026 Farm Bill, which appears to advance farm and rural-development programs relevant to protecting farmers and rural communities. However, the evidence does not show the promised outcome was fully delivered across all stated components, especially defending property rights, cutting red tape, and expanding rural healthcare. A supportive vote on a broad bill is meaningful effort but not enough to count as full delivery of this multi-part promise.