Welch on farm bill: ‘A total abdication of our commitment to rural America’

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., speaks at the Vermont Farm Show earlier in 2018. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VT Digger
WASHINGTON — Vermont’s congressman, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, announced on Thursday that he will not vote for the farm bill in the House this week, saying the omnibus agriculture bill, once a model of bipartisan cooperation, has been hijacked by political interests.
“It’s a huge disappointment and a total abdication of our commitment to rural America,” We