David Scott: “I also want to thank Speaker Paul Ryan, who was very helpful to us in getting this moving.”

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

There is no profession that is more relied on and dependent on the environment than farming.

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

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.