Debbie Stabenow: “Social Security is key to economic security. It is not just retirement; it is disability and it is life insurance.”

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…

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…

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

A number of our congresswomen are interested.