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Collin Peterson: “This so-called reform bill, we just got the CBO score. First of all, it changes the payment limits based on the 2002…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2007
This so-called reform bill, we just got the CBO score. First of all, it changes the payment limits based on the 2002 bill. So, the effect of this bill is to have no limitation on payments at all, number one. We are writing a 10-year baseline, not a 5-year bill. This bill cuts conservation 37 rac{1}{2} ext{ percent below our baseline over 10 years. It actually takes less out of crop insurance by 13.5 percent compared to our bill over 10 years. And this is what happens when people aren't on the Agriculture Committee and get involved in this very complex area. If this is a reform bill, if this is freedom to farm, we would have a heck of a mess in farm country. So we just got this score. We wish we could have got this out earlier. We got it about 2 hours ago, and I just want people to know what this bill actually does. It does not do what some people have been saying.
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Collin Peterson
Minnesota
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Discussing the implications of a reform bill related to agriculture during a House floor speech.

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