Mark Pryor: “I thank my colleague and friend from Colorado for his words about the farm bill. He and I are an example of how this…”

“I thank my colleague and friend from Colorado for his words about the farm bill. He and I are an example of how this bill is important to every region of the country. His kind of farming is very different than our kind of farming, but they are equally important to our States. I rise to talk about the farm bill. This bill is a long time coming. There has been back-and-forth between the two Chambers, the House and Senate, and between various regions, probably most famous, South versus Midwest farming, but that is not the only one--different types of crops and different types of farm products. It may be sugar, milk, soybeans or corn. Who knows what it is going to be. Nonetheless, I am happy to report that finally this bill overcame the partisan gridlock we have seen in Washington. I am sorry it took so long. I know last year the House basically blew up this bill on kind of ``my way or the highway'' politics. I thought that was very unfortunate. But here we are with a bipartisan farm bill, one that got a huge vote in the House and I hope will get a huge vote in the Senate. I am glad this cut, cut, cut ideology did not prevail, because when we look at this bill and how important it is, not just to my State but to every State in the Union and so important to the U.S. economy--this bill is very important to the Nation's economy and to the future of our Nation. Agriculture is something we do in this country better than anybody else in the world.…”