Joe Baca: “I am proud to support to the Farm Bill Conference Report. We owe Representatives Stenholm, Clayton, and Chairman Combest…”

“I am proud to support to the Farm Bill Conference Report. We owe Representatives Stenholm, Clayton, and Chairman Combest a great deal for their leadership. This bill provides $6.4 billion in nutrition programs. Restores food stamp benefits for legal permanent residents, children, and the disabled. Includes provisions to simplify and streamline the Food Stamp Program so needy families can get food with less red tape. As opposed to what some have claimed, this bill is good for California. California is the largest agricultural State, but we mostly produce fruits and vegetables, otherwise known as specialty corps. The conference report provides for the largest investment in conservation ever--$17.1 billion--fully 80 percent above the levels of the Boehlert conservation amendment to the 1996 Farm Bill. Let us also remember that farmers are workers too--equally deserving of good wages and benefits. They are the soul of our Nation. They feed us. They keep our Nation alive. Support farmers, the working poor, and our dairy and cattlement-- support the conference report on the farm bill.”