David Scott: “This is also a national security bill. Let us not be cute about this, ladies and gentlemen.”

This delay hurts the American people, especially in rural communities where our farms are, and it injects uncertainty into our nation's economies.

The regulatory impact on those hardworking families who provide us food and fiber, building materials, energy resources, I mean, it is a tax.

It is my hope that our farm bill will take all of this into consideration.

If there are Members on the other side of the aisle that truly want to see a farm bill come to fruition this year, my door remains open to negotiation from any partner willing to come to the table with a serious proposal, not more red…