Political Quotes

“the conferees on the agricultural bill in both the House and the Senate are now meeting to come to an agreement on what should the agricultural policy be for the United States for the next 5 yrs. The Senate put in provisions in their bill that there should be payment limitations that limit how much money a farmer can get from price supports. The House, when we brought up my amendment, failed by 28 votes to pass such a payment limitation amendment. I urge my colleagues to join us and call my office or the office of the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter) or the office of the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Pomeroy), sending a letter to those conferees to encourage that we have some payment limitations. There are huge farm operations receiving 15, 20, 25, 30, $35 million from 1998 until 2001. There is logic to having a farm policy that helps most of our farmers, the traditional family farms instead giving an extra $2 to $3 billion to the huge mega farms. I would ask my colleagues to join in this effort to have a good farm policy bill with some payment limitations.”