Sam Brownback: “Farm bills are important to Kansas. They are important to my family. I have been secretary of agriculture in the State…”

“Farm bills are important to Kansas. They are important to my family. I have been secretary of agriculture in the State of Kansas for 6 years. My degree is in agriculture economics. I have been a farm broadcaster; State president of the Future Farmers of America in Kansas; national vice president of the Future Farmers of America, Central Region; traveled the country for the FFA. I have been in 4-H. I have farmed. I love it. It is a great place to have been raised, a great place for the family. It is a tough place to make a living. It is difficult and has been for the generations in my family who have been on the farm and struggled. My grandfather is a farmer who started my dad in farming. My dad started my brother. That is pretty typical. Farm bills are important for my State. They are important to my family. They are important to this country. That is why I rise today with a great deal of disappointment about this farm bill, and I am not going to be able to support the conference committee's farm bill.”