Don Nickles: “I want to comment on the Agriculture conference report that just passed overwhelmingly today in the Senate. It already…”

“I want to comment on the Agriculture conference report that just passed overwhelmingly today in the Senate. It already passed the House and it will be going to the President to be signed. In my opinion, there are a couple of provisions in this bill that really should not have been included and are serious mistakes that may come back to haunt Congress or will require Congress to change their actions. One of them deals with private contracts. I happen to believe very strongly in private contracts. I came from the business sector, the private sector. When Congress interferes in private contracts, it ought to have a good reason. It ought to know what it is doing. Frankly, it should hardly ever do so. In this case, we put some language in this bill that I venture to say very few of our colleagues--maybe only a couple--even know it exists or what its ramifications will be.”