Marilyn Musgrave: “as we think of our friends in Florida, we saw them boarding up their windows in preparation for the tropical storm that…”

“as we think of our friends in Florida, we saw them boarding up their windows in preparation for the tropical storm that would hit and be devastating. However, in many parts of rural Colorado, the businesses on Main Street are boarding up their windows because our ag producers are having such a horrific time with the prolonged drought. The gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Osborne) are in the same region, and we know the devastation that this prolonged drought has shown. We have not had reporters in rural Colorado, standing there and showing the disaster, because it has been over a long period of time, getting worse every year. So we desperately need this relief at this time for our farmers and for our individuals that raise cattle, that have even had to sell off their breeding stock because the pastures have not had any grass on them now for years. So at this difficult time we make difficult choices, and I rise in support of the efforts of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Neugebauer).”