Proposition 12 isn’t a partisan issue, says Matt Grill, senior director of congressional relations for the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC). He believes that’s one of the most important things that came out of the House Agriculture Committee’s recent hearing to examine the implications of Proposition 12.
“A full committee hearing on a single topic, even one as big and important as Prop 12, doesn’t happen every day,” Grill told AgriTalk’s Chip Flory. “NPPC is extremely grateful for Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson putting such a spotlight on the issue. What we know is that there are still a lot of issues in rural America that need to be addressed in a farm bill.”
Whether you are Prop 12 compliant or not compliant, Grill says there are complications to consider.
“From Chairman Thompson to Secretary Rollins and President Trump to President Biden and Secretary Vilsack to ranking member Angie Craig, any true representative of farm country knows that Proposition 12 is a problem for producers,” Grill says. “We understand that there’s this bipartisan attention, and we need to get to that bipartisan solution.”
One of the biggest issues coming up in “Farm Bill 2.0” is Prop 12.
“We’re glad that the committee is out here doing their due diligence, doing serious work on an issue that is so critical to agriculture,” Grill adds.
It is clear in the Constitution that Congress has the authority to regulate interstate commerce, he points out. The Supreme Court decided that Congress needed to act if something was going to be done about Prop 12.
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