Devin Nunes: “I appreciate the gentleman admitting that he was the Under Secretary at the time, and he failed to implement the…”

“I appreciate the gentleman admitting that he was the Under Secretary at the time, and he failed to implement the agreement that everyone came together and agreed upon. Now, earlier, we had the gentleman from California, who was the author of the 1992 act, who came down to the floor, berated farmers, berated production agriculture, and admitted that it was his goal to get rid of production agriculture. So why did they, at the time, change from 40-year contracts to 25- year contracts? Folks, I think this is something that the American people will understand. The American people right now from other States may not understand a whole lot about what we're talking about, but they will understand this, and farmers across America will understand this: that when farmers borrow money on their land, many times they have to do it under 30-year agreements with the bank. So I have to ask myself, why in 1992 did they move this from 20 to 25 years? The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. McCLINTOCK. I yield the gentleman an additional minute.”