Political Quotes

“this is crunch time for this Congress. It is time for us to act on the farm bill. This will be the first important rewrite of the depression-era farm programs that have been on the books for decades. There is some very good news in the rewrite that is being proposed here today. The good news includes that American farmers should be better off and better able to decide what they are going to plant under this proposal that is before us today. It also is good news that it brings an end to Government control of farm markets and artificially inflated prices and limited food supplies. The environment is also helped by the legislation we will consider here today by removing current farm policy, which in some cases has been a disincentive to natural crop rotation, maybe to overuse of fertilizer. Taxpayers I think should also rejoice because there is savings in the billions in this bill for agriculture. Some critics carp that the reforms do not go far enough, and yet others say the reforms go too far. The Democratic leadership in the House says that the reforms go too far, while the administration says this bill is going to cost too much and it does not go far enough. But I think that means that this is a pretty good middle-ground reform measure. The legislation holds potential for far-reaching reforms in agricultural policies and will reverse several decades of farm policy.”