Political Quotes

“let me at the outset join in with my Republican colleagues. Coming from a farm State, I am glad that we have a bipartisan continuing resolution until December 11. I am saddened that we don't have the Appropriations Committee working through its normal process, nor the Budget Committee. This is the world we live in now--continuing resolutions. And this continuing resolution does include money for the Commodity Credit Corporation, which is the usual source of payments for agriculture programs agreed to in the farm bill. There was some question as to whether or not there was enough money in the CCC account to take care for the months to come. Now there is no question that it will be adequately funded. That is a positive thing. I also am happy to report that the early press reports that we saw suggesting CCC funds were actually going to be diverted to oil companies--oil companies--was expressly prohibited as part of this negotiation. Understand what is behind this. These oil companies have benefited from a decision by the Trump administration to give small refineries waivers when it came to the blending of ethanol with their product. The net result of that decision by the Trump administration was that a large number of these small refineries were given waivers for blending, and, as a result, the actual production of ethanol declined dramatically. It is one of the major reasons that corn is grown and sold. It is for that use, and it was diminished dramatically.…”