Saxby Chambliss: “I would certainly commend the gentlewoman from California for her kind words about Congressman Mfume. Members on both…”

“I would certainly commend the gentlewoman from California for her kind words about Congressman Mfume. Members on both sides of the aisle are going to miss him. He spoke with a lot of emotion and from his heart and spoke with a lot of reason in a House that does not always exercise reasonableness, and he will be missed. I have with me tonight my colleague and agriculture friend from Iowa, Tom Latham. We come here tonight out of a sense of terrible frustration for what is going on in the agriculture business in this House. We made an attempt today to bring the 1995, and here we are in 1996, farm bill to the floor for a vote. The Committee on Agriculture has worked very diligently and very hard over the last 13 months trying to formulate and change the agricultural policy in this country to ensure that we have strong and viable agricultural programs moving into the 21st century. We met all day on Tuesday to discuss what is now the new form of the farm bill that is the second bill that has been passed by that committee, the first one having been a part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1995 that unfortunately was vetoed by President Clinton.”