William Pryor: “I will just simply say to our distinguished friend from Indiana, Mr. President, that the Dorgan amendment is not a…”

“I will just simply say to our distinguished friend from Indiana, Mr. President, that the Dorgan amendment is not a killer amendment by any stretch of the imagination. It is simply an effort to address what promises to become a totally outrageous section and provision of the freedom-to-farm act. We are saying in the Dorgan amendment--and I am a cosponsor--we are saying that farmers do not have to do anything in order to receive their payments. If the Senator from Indiana has a fear that farmers are not going to plant anything and go to Hawaii, if he says, ``Why, they are not going to do that,'' if he maintains that position, then he should accept this amendment, he should be for the Dorgan amendment, because the Dorgan amendment couples production with an ultimate payment under certain circumstances. It does not decouple as the freedom-to-farm act does. We want a defendable farm program. This is one, Mr. President, this particular program, this particular proposal, that I do not think we can ultimately defend.”