If we fail to provide agriculture-specific appropriations to help our farmers before the end of the year, we will see widespread, lasting economic loss across all of rural Southeast America, especially in Georgia.
Support agriculture-specific appropriations to help farmers recover from Hurricane Helene before the end of the year.
Occurrences
Evidence
The enacted law is Public Law 118-158 and includes Division B, Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025, plus agricultural disaster aid in Section 2102: $10 billion for economic assistance to farmers and $220 million for state block grants covering crop, timber, and livestock losses, including on-farm infrastructure.
On the House roll-call vote for H.R. 10545, the American Relief Act, 2025, Austin Scott (GA) voted Yea and the motion passed 366-34.
Assessments
The promised outcome was to support agriculture-specific appropriations for Hurricane Helene recovery before the end of 2024. Congress enacted Public Law 118-158 on December 21, 2024, with substantial agricultural disaster aid, and Austin Scott voted yes on final House passage on December 20, 2024. Because the promise was framed as support rather than sole authorship, his affirmative vote on the enacted year-end package satisfies the commitment within the relevant campaign-to-term window.