On the recordDecember 18, 2001
Montana has been going through some mighty bad weather. I have been to Montana with the Senator and looked at the drought conditions. My question is: If one does not have a crop, under their bill, one does not get a loan rate. And if one does not have a crop when they need it, the most--they do not get a target price, and the target price for wheat is capped anyway at $3.45. So at the time the farmer needs it the most--and the Senator has been through that big time in his State. We do that in Kansas a lot, and I know they do it in the Dakotas year after year--this bill does not help them. There is no countercyclical payment. There is no help. There is no safety payment.
Said by
Liz Saville Roberts
Plaid Cymru
Source
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