Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today I rise to reiterate and again offer my full support of the United States Department of Agriculture Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration's, GIPSA, authority to continue promulgating its proposed rule concerning livestock competition. There have been some comments made with concern about both the substance of GIPSA's proposed rule as well as the authority of the Department to continue its rulemaking process. I would like to respond to some of those concerns and to discuss the critical importance of the protections afforded under the proposed rule. The 2008 Farm Bill, more formally known as the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, was enacted by overwhelming majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate with amendments to the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 as well as directions to USDA to conduct rulemaking with respect to additional issues relating to implementation and enforcement. As a result of this rulemaking authority, as well as given the authorities permitted explicitly in the Packers and Stockyards Act, GIPSA in 2010 issued a proposed rule that would provide a variety of new protections for livestock producers.…”