Political Quotes

Debbie Stabenow: “We moved, in the last farm bill, away from payments to farmers when times were good to risk management tools like crop…”

On the recordMay 24, 2017
We moved, in the last farm bill, away from payments to farmers when times were good to risk management tools like crop insurance.
Said by
Debbie Stabenow
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Stabenow discusses the shift in farm policy towards risk management through crop insurance.

Share

More from Debbie Stabenow

Mar 12, 2025

A number of our congresswomen are interested.

nbcnews.com
Nov 18, 2024

Well, first of all, let me say the basic program is called SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is about $6 a day for an individual. So a mom gets $6; her child gets $6.

govinfo.gov
Nov 18, 2024

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…

govinfo.gov
Nov 18, 2024

There is. And thank you so much. And thank you for being a valuable member of the committee. I would just say where--we know and you know leading the Judiciary Committee, where there is a will, there is a way. If people want to come…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation