Byron Dorgan: “It is long past the time when Congress should have passed a farm bill. Last year was the year in which Congress was…”

“It is long past the time when Congress should have passed a farm bill. Last year was the year in which Congress was required to enact a 5-year farm program. The Congress did in fact put a 5-year farm program in the reconciliation bill, but, of course, everyone knew that the President was going to veto that bill. The result of the President's veto of the reconciliation bill was that we are left without a farm program. Farmers are thinking about going into the field in the spring... They want to know what will the farm program be. It is a waste of time to be pointing fingers about who is at fault as to why we are so late and what has happened.”