Randy Neugebauer: “really what we are here tonight about is farmers and ranchers. The farmers and ranchers do not want us to have to be…”

“really what we are here tonight about is farmers and ranchers. The farmers and ranchers do not want us to have to be here tonight. They did not ask for these droughts. They did not ask for these disasters. But, in fact, they experienced them just like the people in Florida did, and it affects farming and ranching families all across America. Several of my colleagues have gotten up and spoken about the tremendous impact it has had on those families and those economies. What we are talking about tonight is about doing something in this House for those farmers and ranchers. I rise today in support of the rule because it is going to help them. This is not something that is new, that was invented this evening. This is something that was done for the 2001 and 2002 disaster relief program, and it was taken out of this very same program in the 2003 bill. So we are not reinventing the wheel. We are trying to come up tonight in this House and say to the American families that make their living in farming and ranching across America, We care about you. We are trying to help you just like we did in 2001 and 2002.”