Tom Vilsack: “There is not enough money in that program.”

Well, the House Agriculture appropriations talked about an 18 percent cut to our budget, so you can do the math.

It’s very direct, and I think it speaks significantly and centrally to the challenges that many Iowa farmers face today.

American farmers have done exactly what we asked them to do.

I think you two gentlemen have laid out a plan that addresses the fundamental weakness of our current farm policy.