On the recordSeptember 15, 1998
It is very important that, in this time of agricultural crisis, that we pull together, that we work on a bipartisan basis, and we try to make sure that the necessary legislative response comes before we adjourn in October. We do not have many opportunities to take this up. Uniquely, this agricultural appropriations bill is one of those opportunities, if not the only opportunity. So in that context, I would like to express what I have heard from the bankers, the farm equipment dealers, the farmers, and others in my area as to what we have to do. I would like to preface this by saying that, as all of us recognize, the agricultural economy is in an economic free-fall. If we do not act, we face the prospect of farming as we have known it in much of America being transformed, not for the better, but for the worse within a period of about 18 months.
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