Sen. Roberts: No Plan Presented To Him Yet On Trump Tariff Aid

Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., some staff-to-staff contacts have occurred on how USDA might eventually help farmers impacted by President Trump's tariff actions on key importers of U.S. farm products, but no comprehensive plan has been presented to him yet.“This is getting out of hand,” he told reporters. “We are now seeing a lot of companies and industries that people might not think would be affected and once you start a trade war, it is like shattered glass, you do not know where it is going to end up.”Roberts noted there has been talk of making anywhere between $15 billion and $30 billion available for aid to farmers hurt by the tariffs. “I do not know how they would do that. I do not know what the criteria would be that they would use,” he said.