Capitol Hill Briefing 

# Farm Bill 2023: Opportunities for Reform 

Date and Time 

September 27, 2023 12 - 1 PM EDT 

Location 

2168 Rayburn House Office Building 

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##### Featuring 

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Vincent H. Smith 

Nonresident Senior Fellow and Director, Agricultural Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute

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Scott Faber 

Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Environmental Working Group

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Kilts Family Chair in Fiscal Studies, Cato Institute and Editor, Down​siz​ing​Gov​ern​ment​.org

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Congress is considering a major farm bill to extend current agricultural support programs. With rising federal deficits and new caps on spending, policymakers should be looking for reforms in expensive farm programs. The crop insurance program, in particular, has soared in cost, and because it has no income limits, it provides handouts to millionaire farm households. There is also concern that crop subsidies distort the agricultural economy and harm the environment.

Which farm programs should Congress overhaul or repeal? Could American farmers prosper under a downsized agricultural subsidy system? Join our panel of experts to explore these issues and get your questions answered about common‐​sense farm policy reforms.

Please join us at noon on September 27 in the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2168.

**Lunch will be provided.**

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