I have three goals for the farm bill: keep farmers farming, keep families fed, and keep rural communities strong.
Debbie Stabenow: “I have three goals for the farm bill: keep farmers farming, keep families fed, and keep rural communities strong.”
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Stabenow outlines her priorities for the farm bill.
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The current farm bill expires at the end of December. So we have to do something before we leave in December.
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Not when you go to the grocery store, no, that is certainly not. And then we add support for food banks. We add additional assistance and incentives if you are buying fresh fruits and vegetables. We do, you know, some other kinds of…
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…





