Political Quotes

“this amendment increases appropriations in the bill for the Agricultural Research Service and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service to fund additional agricultural research activities. Specifically, the amendment provides an additional $300,000 to increase scientific staffing at the Cropping Systems Center at the New England Plant, Soil, and Water Laboratory in Orono, Maine, to develop production and disease management systems. This research will increase potato production efficiency, viability of small farms and enhance water quality in the Northeast Region. It increases the total funding provided in the bill for special research grants funded through the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service by $1,300,000 to fund the following new research grants at the levels specified: Chesapeake Bay agroecology (Maryland)..........................$300,000 Designing Food for Health (Texas)..............................$250,000 Infectious disease research (Colorado).........................$250,000 Scallops Research (Connecticut)................................$250,000 Urban aquaculture (Massachusetts)..............................$250,000 The amendment also increases the appropriation for the Rural Community Advancement Program by $3,400,000 and earmarks funding for a community improvement project in Eastern Arkansas.”