Eric Crawford

H.R. 525 is something we have been working on for a while now. The Cuba Ag Exports Act actually removes the financial restrictions that you mentioned.

I hope that you will be a vocal advocate on that score so that when they do develop that policy, that it would be inclusive on the ag front.

I would be willing to serve on that if such a task force were stood up.

Well, it is actually a very challenging issue, and unfortunately, the introduction of the Asian carp came about as a result of Fish and Wildlife and a management decision they made down in my neck of the woods and without the knowledge of…

Thank you for allowing me to appear before you today to provide testimony on the importance of Army Corps of Engineer project funding to the First District of Arkansas.

Farm bills are not written for the good times. They are written for the bad times like we are experiencing now.

This provides yet another real world example of why we need sensible farm policies in place for all major commodities.

As then-Chairman Lucas was fond of saying, farm bills are not written for the good times. They are written for the bad times, as we are experiencing now.

There are real life men and women with dirt under their fingernails.

The farm bill helps producers survive the bad times.

The cure for high prices is, high prices.

I would like to thank the ranking member and express my appreciation to the chairman for his support of the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

We want to make sure that our producers have all the tools that they need to be as competitive as they can, and more importantly, to be economically viable.

I thank our witnesses today. One of the things that I always want to encourage our witnesses is that you come up here and give us almost an hour and a half of your time.

We know the answer already in the case of STAX for cotton. Crop insurance is not designed to withstand the pressures caused by the predatory trading practices of China and India.

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

Crop insurance is not designed to withstand the pressures caused by the predatory trading practices of China and India.

While some safety net features of the farm bill may meet the current economic test, other features have yet to prove their mettle.

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

I believe it is time to look beyond the farm safety net for budget savings and deficit reduction, as our farmers have already been asked to shoulder their fair share of the burden.

I hope our colleagues who are less directly involved in agriculture or farm policy will reflect on just how critically important farm policy is in responding to a crisis that can happen overnight.

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

I know Mr. Walz believes as I do that agriculture must hang together or we will certainly hang separately.