Dick Durbin said "I think, if he is going to address an overall reform of crop insurance, he may be surprised to find me as an ally. I had an amendment which I offered 1 year in the appropriations subcommittee. If I recall it correctly, it said that if you have sustained losses in 7 out of the last 10 years on your crop, you would be ineligible for crop insurance. I have this basic theory that if you couldn't grow a crop for 7 out of 10 years, God was telling you something about your land, that crop, or your talent, and that Uncle Sam and the Federal Government shouldn't be talking back to God in this instance and saying we will continue to insure the crop." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 23, 1997

I think, if he is going to address an overall reform of crop insurance, he may be surprised to find me as an ally. I had an amendment which I offered 1 year in the appropriations subcommittee. If I recall it correctly, it said that if you have sustained losses in 7 out of the last 10 years on your crop, you would be ineligible for crop insurance. I have this basic theory that if you couldn't grow a crop for 7 out of 10 years, God was telling you something about your land, that crop, or your talent, and that Uncle Sam and the Federal Government shouldn't be talking back to God in this instance and saying we will continue to insure the crop.

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Dick Durbin

Democratic · Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing potential reforms to the Crop Insurance Program during Senate floor debate.

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