Debbie Stabenow: “I would hope that as we talk about Medicare and Medicaid that we will talk about it also in the larger context of…”

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

Well, if we do nothing, then a number of programs revert to what is called a Depression-era policy, and there is something called the dairy cliff that everybody is always worried about because it goes back to a pricing structure that would…

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…

I predict a very good Democratic year in 2026 regardless of what happens in a Democratic primary.