The Republican Governors Association calls on congressional leaders in both the House and Senate to take up a new farm bill by the year’s end. A letter signed by 17 GOP governors addressed to House Speaker Mike Johnson,

Gov. Bill Lee was one of 17 Republican governors who joined to send a letter to Congress expressing concerns about the “delayed passage” of an updated Farm Bill.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, along with governors from 16 other states, signed a joint letter Monday urging Congress to reauthorize the Farm Bill and to provide “immediate financial assistance” to the agricultural sector.

A group of GOP governors is asking Congress to pass a new version of the massive bill rather than extend the “outdated” 2018 bill another year.