1. United States
2. N.C.
3. Letter

I urge you to participate actively in Senate consideration of H.R. 7567 by offering committee or floor amendments that strike the provisions commonly called the “Save Our Bacon” Act. This change is important because the “Save Our Bacon” provisions distort market incentives; benefit narrow interests; and raise costs for consumers. Removing these provisions preserves fair competition, protects consumers, and keeps the bill focused on broadly beneficial reforms. I respectfully ask that during Agriculture Committee consideration you offer a standing amendment to delete the “Save Our Bacon” section(s) in their entirety and make any necessary conforming edits to related definitions and funding provisions. If the amendment is not adopted in committee I ask that you offer the same deletion on the Senate floor and seek a roll-call vote. Please work with colleagues to build bipartisan support for the deletion and, if appropriate, propose alternative language that addresses the underlying concern in a narrowly tailored, market-neutral way. This provision needs to be struck from the Farm Bill because it grants special advantages to a narrow set of producers/processors rather than addressing systemic issues and it risks higher consumer prices (already high!) and unintended supply-chain distortions (already suffering under the administrations tariff regime!). Deleting the Save Our Bacon Act keeps the bill focused on national food security and farm support without favoring specific interests. I appreciate your attention and respectfully request you communicate your intent to offer or support these amendments to committee leadership and to colleagues before markup.