Eric Crawford actually said...

"During the farm bill debate, we committed to the principle that farm policy should not be written to make the good times even better."

"In just 3 years, net farm income has fallen by 56 percent."

"You have to go back to the start of the Great Depression to find a comparable collapse in net farm income."

"I implore the Secretary to use the authorities that we have given him in the farm bill to provide critical and urgent relief by designating cottonseed as an oilseed for purposes of Price Loss Coverage..."