On the recordMay 16, 2018
I hear from my constituents in southern Illinois that rural America is hurting. That is why we need the farm bill, to address the concerns facing agriculture all over rural America. The farm bill does just that. The farm bill protects the farm safety net, including commodity programs and crop insurance, invests in rural broadband, modernizes FSA loan programs for new and beginning farmers and ranchers, and invests in conservation. President Eisenhower once said: ``Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're 1,000 miles from a corn field.'' Those words hold true today, and that is why this bill was crafted with those farmers in mind, because farmers are everyone's bread and butter. The CHAIR. The Committee will rise informally. The Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Bost) assumed the chair. ____________________
