Political Quotes

“I call up my amendment No. 902 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley] proposes an amendment numbered 902 to amendment No. 891. The amendment is as follows (Purpose: To provide funding for payments for losses of crops due to disasters) In section 1001(b), strike paragraphs (3) and (4) and insert the following: (3) to make grants and loans for small or midsized food processors or distributors, seafood processing facilities and processing vessels, farmers markets, producers, or other organizations to respond to COVID-19, including for measures to protect workers against COVID-19; (4) to make loans and grants and provide other assistance to maintain and improve food and agricultural supply chain resiliency; and (5) to make payments for necessary expenses related to losses of crops (including losses due to high winds or derechos) in the same manner as under title I of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-20; 133 Stat. 871; 133 Stat. 1097; 133 Stat. 2659), for crop losses in crop year 2020.”