Debbie Stabenow: “We have tackled it as we have looked at health reform. We have actually begun to see health care costs slow, which is…”

The current farm bill expires at the end of December. So we have to do something before we leave in December.

There is no question. And we also have extensive evidence that when a bill is put forward on the floor that cuts the nutrition title, it never passes--2012 in the House, 2018 in the House. When Republican colleagues only put a bill on the…

Yes. Now, we could pass an extension again and throw this into the lap of everyone next year. That doesn't create any more certainty for farmers. Those who want to just do some ad hoc payments, you know, that is not going to work. And so…

A number of our congresswomen are interested.