Alabama’s hardworking farmers and cattlemen feed and clothe our state, nation, and world. Senator Britt is grateful for these incredible men and women in every corner of Alabama. She understands that food security is both economic security and national security.
In 2024, with the Farm Bill more than a year overdue, Senator Britt was proud to vote to pass the American Relief Act of 2025, legislation to provide critical relief for Alabama’s family farmers. The bill extended the Farm Bill and provided $30.78 billion in total agriculture disaster funding, including $10 billion in economic disaster relief. At no fault of their own, our family farmers were experiencing an existential crisis – the American Relief Act delivered targeted, practical relief into the hands of our farmers so they can continue feeding and clothing our state, nation, and world for generations to come.
Senator Britt was also pleased to vote in favor of the Working Families Tax Cut Act, which delivered for rural America by including long-overdue updates to key commodity support programs like ARC and PLC. Additionally, this legislation provided additional funding for the Feral Swine Eradication Program, bolstered the USDA’s ability to develop new markets for our products internationally, and made permanent an increased Death Tax exemption. Senator Britt, who has been a strong supporter of legislation to eliminate the Death Tax, believes hardworking Americans who have paid their fair share of taxes should not be forced to sell their land to pay the federal government upon the death of a loved one. While these are welcome results, Senator Britt will continue advocating for a unified, comprehensive, and farmer-friendly Farm Bill that provides regulatory certainty for our nation’s farmers and cattlemen. She believes in an appropriate nutrition-based safety net for those who need it most, and that maintaining a balanced approach to nutrition policy is crucial to advancing rural development across the state.
Senator Britt knows it is past time to make farming profitable again. Misguided bureaucratic regulations under the Biden-Harris Administration prevented this from being the case. That is why Senator Britt has worked alongside the Trump Administration to put our agriculture community first again. She joined EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin in an announcement to revise the Biden Administration’s overreaching, ambiguous “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule.
Importantly, Senator Britt has supported numerous pieces of legislation to combat the rise in American land ownership by foreign adversaries as well as cyber threats to our nation’s critical agricultural sector. In the 119th Congress, she reintroduced the Not One More Inch or Acre Act, the STOP Screwworm Act, and the Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act.
Senator Britt joined several of her colleagues in launching the Senate Stewardship Caucus to advance commonsense, bipartisan conservation efforts, recognizing that there are no better stewards of our land than our farmers, foresters, and cattlemen.
The hard work, dedication, sacrifice, and 21st-century innovation of Alabama’s agriculture community fuel growth and opportunity for families and communities across our great state. Senator Britt is proud to be an unwavering champion for our farmers and will continue to fight for policies that ensure family farms – the backbone of our economy – will continue being passed down for generations to come.