Political Quotes

“I almost hate to go into this speech and muddy the water with facts, but one that I point out is on the Market Promotion Program, which I voted to cut and change over the years. There are significant changes. We made significant reforms to this program in 1993, and we gave a great deal of flexibility to the Secretary to carry out the reforms we had. I agree that participation in this program should be limited. This program is designed to help those who do not have large marketing organizations or deep pockets. It is designed for the small dairy co-ops in Vermont that use it now to promote exports to Canada, and other places, or the small rice dealers in Arkansas, who might use it. And bit by bit, this supertanker is being turned around, I tell my friend from Arkansas. We are improving it and will continue to do so. I also tell my friend from Arkansas--and he knows this, as I do--that nobody ever brought to the floor a farm bill where they liked every single page of it.”