WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Capital Region lawmakers announced Tuesday that disaster funding for farmers devastated by September storms will be included in a final "minibus" budget bill, finally resolving a contentious debate that divided Congress for months.
Reps. Paul Tonko, D-Amsterdam, and Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, said that $338.6 million for two programs aimed at restoring damaged farmland will be included in the budget proposals presented to both the House and Senate for final approval Thursday. The package is the work of a joint legislative conference committee which began meeting three weeks ago to reconcile a Senate minibus bill covering the Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development budgets with the House-approved budget passed earlier this year.
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