•    "The Administration strongly opposes House passage of H.R. 4368, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year (FY) ending September 30, 2024 and for other purposes. The draft bills also include numerous new, partisan policy provisions with devastating consequences including harming access to reproductive healthcare, threatening the health and safety of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Americans (LGBTQI+), endangering marriage equality, hindering critical climate change initiatives, and preventing the Administration from promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Administration stands ready to engage with both chambers of the Congress in a bipartisan appropriations process to enact responsible spending bills that fully fund Federal agencies in a timely manner. If the President were presented with H.R. 4368, he would veto it." Source: Executive Office of the President Office of Management and Budget

•    "If enacted, the bill would slash FY 2024 agriculture spending more than 30% below the FY 2023 enacted level, a cut of more than $8.3 billion. Cloaked in claims of offering “accountability”, in truth these far-reaching cuts would only undermine the success of farmers, ranchers, rural communities, and our shared food system. The steep cuts included in the bill would have unavoidable and damaging consequences across the US food and farm system – impacting farmers, ranchers, communities, and eaters from coast to coast. In an apparent break from tradition, at the time of posting the Subcommittee has yet to publicly release what is known as a “report”, which accompanies the bill text and provides important details on program funding levels. The details of the report are important to round out our understanding of the proposal. Yet even without the report, there is more than enough to understand how damaging this proposal would be." Source: National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition