Angie Craig: “I would truly appreciate--and I think American agriculture would appreciate--a full debate. We have had that on the bill…”

“I would truly appreciate--and I think American agriculture would appreciate--a full debate. We have had that on the bill of the ranking member, Senator Lugar--his alternative. It was important because it is a clear point of view that needs to be--must be--debated. We will have other alternatives up. I think the Cochran-Roberts alternative provision to the Harkin bill expresses clearly a balanced approach toward a 5-year agricultural policy. The Senator from Nevada has within the Harkin bill a provision that, for western Senators and arid Western States, is an issue that is an anathema to western water law and the rights of States to determine the destiny of their own water. I and others will want to engage the Senator from Nevada on that issue.”