Trent Lott: “I don't believe this is a record. I think if you go back and search the record, we have spent as long as 30 days on an…”

“I don't believe this is a record. I think if you go back and search the record, we have spent as long as 30 days on an agriculture bill. The important thing, though, is to get the right thing done. This legislation does not expire until next year. We are not going to get a conference agreement on this legislation whether we complete action now or next week or sometime before the end of the year. The conference will go well into the next year. I suspect this will be a pretty difficult and long conference. Unfortunately, this is the most partisan farm bill I recall seeing in my 29 years in the Congress. Farm bills are almost always, if not always, very bipartisan in the way they are brought out of committee and the way they are considered on the floor. Unfortunately, that has not been the case here. Farm legislation is very important. We should make sure, when we come back next year, this is the first issue pending and complete action.”