Political Quotes

“I thank our ranking member and our chairman. When you consider what it takes to pass a farm bill, when you consider how difficult the challenges are, think of the last three in total, Chairman Peterson had to overcome two Presidential vetoes to get the bill on the books, and I supported him. In the 2014 farm bill, it took my friends here and me 2\1/2\ years to get a farm bill on the books. And now, Chairman Conaway, he shouldn't have had to go through some of the challenges that Collin and I went through, but he did it, and he did it for the best interests of America. But what is a farm bill all about? Set the nuances of various policies aside, it is to make sure that we have the safety net to enable us, in this country, to raise the food and fiber we need at an affordable, safe, and cost-effective rate to meet our needs and the world's needs. {time} 1500 And what is the other part of the farm bill? It is making sure our fellow citizens who have difficulty in overcoming their challenges have access to enough of those calories. Plain and simple, that is what farm bills have been about since 1933, making sure we all eat cheap, well, and safe. But they have gotten harder and harder because the tendency of this body is for some folks on one side of the room to press for a particular perspective, and other folks on the other side of the room to press for the diametrically opposite perspective.…”