Political Quotes

“We have undertaken in good faith to try to arrive at a package of assistance that will address the needs, as we understand them, in agriculture. If the Senator has listened to the debate, as I am sure he has, there have been some Senators who do not think there should be any funds made available at this time for this purpose because the harvests have not been completed and we do not know what the losses are in some areas of the country. This year, some farmers are predicted to make more money than they did last year. In my State, aquaculture is considered to be having a very good year. But there are some farmers who are having a terrible time. Many of them are in the newspapers and photographs where drought has hit crops in this region of the country. To suggest to me that I should now look at this last amendment that has a long list of things in it and I should select things that I could be willing to accept puts me in a position that is really untenable.”