Earl Pomeroy: “To reveal the state of play here, the Senate has passed a $3 billion disaster bill to help farmers in light of the…”

“To reveal the state of play here, the Senate has passed a $3 billion disaster bill to help farmers in light of the disastrous losses that they have suffered, not just from hurricanes, but we have seen it all, a big swath of losses due to drought. In North Dakota, we have even had disaster losses of a significant magnitude due to early frost, frost coming on August 19. There are some in the House discussing a nod to disaster assistance to the tune of $500 million, maybe up to close to $1 billion. This does not come close to addressing the needs of farmers across this country. Mr. Speaker, a $3 billion bill passed by the Senate is a much more realistic and substantive response, and I hope that the House is given the opportunity by the Committee on Rules, pursuant to the testimony of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm) right now, to consider the full disaster package, the $3 billion disaster package.”