Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I wanted to bring up a subject today that's on the minds of people all across this country, and this is the drought that is hitting so many people and our economy. I was recently in the northwest corner of South Dakota and had the chance to drive all the way across the State and visit with producers and communities that have been hit so hard. I'll tell you the facts are clear. We have feed shortages, stock dams are going dry, and there are escalating feed costs that are hitting our producers every single day. Our livestock producers undeniably take a great risk. They don't have the crop insurance programs that many of our commodity producers do have and that protects them and gives them a safety net. That's why our livestock disaster programs are so important. I was proud of the fact that I introduced legislation that reauthorized this bill's programs earlier this year and that they were included in the committee version of the farm bill that came through the House Ag Committee earlier. That's why it's so important that we get our farm bill work done and that we bring it to the House floor and have a vote so that our livestock producers truly can have a safety net that our commodity producers already enjoy. ____________________”