S. 1001 addresses head-on the broad concepts that our nation must confront in order to wean ourselves off of foreign petroleum products.
Fundamentally, we write farm bills to help producers in the face of real challenges and to conserve natural resources.
There are some real opportunities for us.
when we talk about the farm bill, as we all know, it is really a jobs bill.
we help rural communities improve their economies and offer good jobs to their citizens.
This is not only a challenge for us. It is a moral issue.
I do not think we have an economy or a middle class unless you make things and grow things.
Difficult budgets also provide reason and opportunity to simplify and streamline programs so that they work better for the people that are r...
we help real people who struggle to put food on the table in difficult economic times.
It is a national security issue.
Thank you, Senator Stabenow, for your leadership on the last farm bill.