We design every farm bill in a way where we try to ensure that the men and women who drive the tractors, who get dirt under their fingernails are the beneficiaries of the payments that do come from Washington. Unfortunately, in spite of everything we try to do to make sure that happens, oftentimes it doesn't.
Saxby Chambliss: “We design every farm bill in a way where we try to ensure that the men and women who drive the tractors, who get dirt…”
On the recordJune 11, 2007
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Senator Chambliss acknowledges the shortcomings in ensuring that farm subsidies benefit actual farmers.
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