Figures Sits On The Ag Committee. He Voted Against The Farm Bill

MARQUES TOOK THE FARM FIGHT TO DALE COUNTY

WTVY reported, in a story carried by WSFA, that Rhett Marques visited a Dale County farm on Wednesday, October 14, with Georgia Congressman Austin Scott, a Republican.

Scott said he would push to place Marques on the House Agriculture Committee if he is elected. "I'm going to do everything I can to put him on the Ag Committee," Scott said, according to WTVY.

"The farmers right now, they're hurting. And we know that," Marques said, according to WTVY. WTVY reported that diesel prices have nearly doubled in recent months, raising costs for farmers.

THE VOTE

On April 30, 2026, the U.S. House passed H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act, 224 to 200, according to House Clerk roll call 154.

Shomari Figures voted no. All five Alabama Republicans in the House, Robert Aderholt, Barry Moore, Gary Palmer, Mike Rogers and Dale Strong, voted yes. Fourteen Democrats voted yes.

WTVY reported that Figures sits on the House Agriculture Committee, and that the Senate has not moved the bill forward.

"That farm bill was going to help the farmers. The Democrats, including my opponent, voted against that. And that hurt the farmers," Marques said, according to WTVY. "I will work with Congressman Scott and the rest of the Ag Committee to make sure that bill gets passed. Food security is national security."

WHAT THE RECORD COVERS

U.S. House Clerk, roll call 154, April 30, 2026, H.R. 7567, on passage, read October 16, 2026.

WTVY, "Agriculture policy fuels close Alabama congressional race," published by WSFA October 14, 2026, read October 16, 2026.

EIGHTEEN DAYS

Rhett Marques is the Republican nominee in Alabama's Second Congressional District. Shomari Figures is the incumbent.

Figures sits on the committee that writes farm policy, and he voted against the farm bill the House passed. Marques told Dale County farmers he will work to get it passed.

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Wall of Shame — Today: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama

Today on the Wall of Shame: the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama PAC (Montgomery) has put $5,000 into Rep. Shomari Figures' campaign account. Alabama’s dominant health insurer, writing checks to the congressman who represents the patients and hospitals it covers. The Wall of Shame exists for one reason — so that total stops growing. https://take2back.com/wall-of-shame.html