Maurice Hinchey: “the assertion has been made that the idea of establishing dairy compacts is not germane to the agricultural bill, the…”

“the assertion has been made that the idea of establishing dairy compacts is not germane to the agricultural bill, the farm bill that is presently on the floor of this House and being debated here. In order to believe that, we would have to be prepared to believe that the dairy industry is not part of American agriculture; that farm bills ought not to address themselves to the dairy industry; and that parts of the United States ought not to have the opportunity to participate, as they see fit, in the provisions of agricultural law made by this Congress. That, on its face, is an absurd notion. The dairy compact ought to be recognized in the context of this debate; and we ought to have an opportunity, all of us, to be heard on it, and there ought to be a vote on it on the floor this afternoon in the context of the debate on this bill.”