Political Quotes

“Mr. President, prior to breaking for the Memorial Day recess, the House Agriculture Committee did something few beltway pundits thought was possible. The committee approved, in a bipartisan manner, a farm bill that meets the needs of farmers, ranchers, foresters, rural communities, and consumers across America. I commend Chairman GT Thompson for his stewardship of this bill through an open process that let every committee member have a say in the bill. Likewise, I wanted to express my appreciation for each of the Members that voted to advance this legislation out of committee. Chairwoman Stabenow also recently released her farm bill framework, putting the Senate majority's priorities on paper and advancing the discussion forward. Cumulatively, these efforts exhibit the first real progress toward passage of a new farm bill since the process began 2 years ago. This week, Republicans on the Agriculture Committee are building on that momentum by releasing our farm bill framework. We believe that our framework reflects the Chamber's shared commitments across all 12 titles while putting more farm in the farm bill, something we have been calling for since the onset. Let's talk about what that means. It means we direct additional resources to the tools that farmers rely on and they are calling for us to invest in, while ensuring we do no harm to our nutrition programs which account for over 80 percent of the bill's baseline spending.…”