Political Quotes

“let me compliment those who participated in this debate for the efforts they made to fully acquaint the Senate with the issue that is before us with the amendment offered by the Senator from New Hampshire. My reaction to it at this point is that this is an issue that has been before the Senate, was before the Senate, was fully debated when we were undertaking to write the new farm bill, which contained a lot of market transition reforms, included reforms in the Sugar Program and many others, and this issue has been resolved, or at least a bill was passed by the House and Senate, a conference occurred, a conference report was written. This is the conference report that was compiled by conferees on the part of the House and the Senate, almost 500 pages in length, devoted to farm programs and the role of the Federal Government and the private sector in trying to make available to Americans abundant supplies of reasonably priced foods and commodities. The President signed the bill, and this is the law. The bill before the Senate today simply funds the activities of the Department of Agriculture and related agencies. It doesn't seek to address suggested changes in agriculture or farm policy, as such, but simply to undertake to allocate to this Department the funds it needs to carry out its responsibilities as defined by the law.”