I ask the author of the amendment exactly how this differs from the last package, the Cochran amendment, which is set aside right now. As I look at it, the difference between this package and what we voted on yesterday, the Cochran amendment, is $400 million for crop insurance premium reductions and $400 million for disaster payments for 1999 crop losses. Is that correct?
Questioning the differences between two agricultural amendment packages during a floor debate.
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