David Scott: “Hungry people can't work. Hungry kids can't learn. Hungry families can't raise their children. And a hungry nation…”

Agriculture is extremely important to our rural communities, but it is important to urban communities as well.

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

I would say that we would appreciate a strong safety net or a stronger safety net.

It is clear that we need to come together, Republicans and Democrats, on a farm bill that strengthens the farm safety net, and we are going to do it together.