Max Baucus: “I deeply appreciate his work. I point out this is truly a bipartisan effort to get agricultural and disaster assistance…”

“I deeply appreciate his work. I point out this is truly a bipartisan effort to get agricultural and disaster assistance payments to farmers and ranchers across our country. This is not a partisan matter. This is a nonpartisan matter. Drought does not know whether a farmer is a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, or whatever political affiliation he or she may have. Drought hits everybody relentlessly. It is clear that these last several years it has hurt a lot of farmers. This amendment we are attempting to pass will help farmers across our country. Drought brings the producers to their knees, not only poor producers but the best producers. The crisis in our agricultural community has absolutely nothing to do with poor planning. I want to make that very clear. In fact, the farm bill has nothing to do with agricultural disaster assistance.”