Barbara Mikulski: “As the Senator's colleague and also someone who comes out of local government who knows the challenges local governments…”

“As the Senator's colleague and also someone who comes out of local government who knows the challenges local governments face, we have worked on this, again, on a bipartisan basis. I have spoken to Senator Stabenow and believe she is willing to proceed on how we could do this as well. I thank the Senator for his comments. I think we have a path forward to talk with Senator Stabenow, with others who are involved in the farm bill, and to move forward, and yet move forward on this bill and lay the groundwork for 2015 so we don't have this recurring problem.”