Young Continues Fight for Farmers
After claiming that he's restored funding cuts for farmers in New York's new state budget, State Sen. Darrel Aubertine of Jefferson and Oswego counties is forced to admit that's not the case.
Aubertine was grilled by the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, Sen. Cathy Young of Olean.
Farms suffered a $30 million cut in the bloated, $132 billion budget, which used federal stimulus funds to restore hundreds of other programs, raised taxes by a record amount and increased taxpayer-funded spending a whopping 10%.
Aubertine voted against a Republican amendment to restore all the agriculture funding cuts and create an emergency aid program for struggling dairy farmers.
In a news release, Young said "Senator Aubertine’s hypocrisy is stunning. He now is calling for bi-partisanship when he voted along party lines against farmers."
"All it took to pass the Dairy Assistance Program amendment was one more vote. Incredibly, he failed to support farmers and all of our agricultural-related small businesses upstate," she said. "I can’t think of a better purpose for federal stimulus money than to keep our farms from going under."
Aubertine was grilled by the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, Sen. Cathy Young of Olean.
Farms suffered a $30 million cut in the bloated, $132 billion budget, which used federal stimulus funds to restore hundreds of other programs, raised taxes by a record amount and increased taxpayer-funded spending a whopping 10%.
Aubertine voted against a Republican amendment to restore all the agriculture funding cuts and create an emergency aid program for struggling dairy farmers.
In a news release, Young said "Senator Aubertine’s hypocrisy is stunning. He now is calling for bi-partisanship when he voted along party lines against farmers."
"All it took to pass the Dairy Assistance Program amendment was one more vote. Incredibly, he failed to support farmers and all of our agricultural-related small businesses upstate," she said. "I can’t think of a better purpose for federal stimulus money than to keep our farms from going under."
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