2008 Farm Bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 15, 2008

CONTACT:
Kate Bedingfield
603 782 4613 (o)/603 361 8036 (c)/ kbedingfield@jeanneshaheen.org

Caitlin Legacki
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RUBBERSTAMP RECORD: JOHN SUNUNU VOTES WITH BUSH WHITE HOUSE, AGAINST CLOSING ENRON LOOPHOLE, FUNDING WOOD-BASED BIOFUEL DEVELOPMENT

Sununu one of just 15 Senators to vote to continue Bush-Cheney energy policy that has resulted in record high gas and food prices

(Manchester, NH) – Today, John Sununu voted against the 2008 Farm Bill, which would expand key nutrition programs, including fruit and vegetable snack programs for kids and emergency funding for food banks, invest in energy independence and economic opportunity for rural communities and, as New Hampshire drivers struggle under record high gas prices, close the Enron loophole that is allowing reckless speculation by Wall Street traders to drive up the cost of gas in New Hampshire and across the country.  The bill also included $1 billion in funding to promote biofuels, including wood-based biofuels that would generate cleaner energy and create jobs in New Hampshire.