Political Quotes

“Agriculture is in a very precarious situation right now. Many farmers are facing bankruptcy; and of course, that is why it is so important that we do not let the provisions in the bankruptcy law expire in 5 days as they would under existing law. The question of whether this should be 3 months or 6 months or 9 months or permanent is a question, and I think everybody agrees that in the long run it should be permanent. Let me explain to my colleagues why we are going ahead with my bill that calls for 3 months. It is because the bankruptcy bill itself is moving through the House and the Senate right now. There are hopes from many parties that we will conclude a bankruptcy bill and have it signed into law within the next 3 months. There is a concern from some of the House Members and some of the Senators that if we start passing legislation such as the continuation of these provisions for family farmers, it will start a lot of the other parts of the bankruptcy law that is agreed to by everybody to come to the floor to get rid of that particular problem and make those solutions permanent. There is a hope that we can do everything and hopefully we will do it this year.”