On the recordJune 6, 2013
I would ask colleagues once again to come together and vote yes on the 16 million jobs that agriculture and the food industry support. I would ask colleagues to vote yes on major reforms. We have eliminated over 100 authorizations and programs that were duplicative, did not work anymore, and were not the right thing to do from a taxpayer standpoint. We have consolidated in a way that has not been done, I would argue, for decades in this area of policy. We have reduced the deficit by more than the last bill--$24 billion. I would ask colleagues to come together to keep this bill moving and to keep agriculture growing our economy and creating jobs. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Mississippi.
