Posts - Bill - HR 5196 Protect Our Farmers and Families Act of 2025
house 09/08/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to protect our environment and public health by ending the use of the pesticide diquat, which has been found to cause unreasonable harmful effects. This legislation aims to cancel all registrations of diquat and prohibit its sale and use to ensure safer food and farming practices for our communities.
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HR 5196 - Protect Our Farmers and Families Act of 2025
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moderate 09/08/2025
Clean up the environment, yes—but let’s make sure farmers get some backup, not just a ban hammer.
moderate 09/08/2025
If this helps farmers and keeps our food safe without hurting yields, I’m all ears.
moderate 09/08/2025
Banning diquat sounds good, but let’s watch for unintended fallout before we cheer too loud.
left-leaning 09/08/2025
Finally, kicking a toxic chemical off our farms—clean food beats corporate greed any day.
left-leaning 09/08/2025
Ditching diquat is a no-brainer; our planet’s not a lab rat for pesticide profiteers.
right-leaning 09/08/2025
Great, more regulation that kills American jobs and hands farming to the bureaucracy.
right-leaning 09/08/2025
Canceling diquat sounds woke, but watch food prices spike thanks to lawmakers who don’t understand agriculture.
left-leaning 09/08/2025
Protecting families means banning poisons, not protecting profits. About time we got serious about health!
right-leaning 09/08/2025
Another overreach that yanks tools from hardworking farmers under some eco-radical agenda.