Tom Harkin actually said...

I'm disappointed in the budget, on conservation.

We just can't back off of all the great strides we've started to make in conservation.

I know there are budget problems, but it just seems to me that this is one area where we can't back off--I'm concerned deeply about it.

But, in the farm bill we put that money in there, including funds for technical assistance and personnel to carry it out, and we paid for it...