Political Quotes

“the chairman and I want to discuss in more detail what was intended in section 147 of H.R. 2854, the section which grants congressional consent to the northeast interstate dairy compact, subject to certain conditions. This compact will allow the six New England States to regulate the price of all class I drinking milk sold in those States. The regulation may apply to any class I milk sold in the New England States but produced elsewhere, as well as to such milk produced by New England farmers. The compact also provides that farmers from beyond New England receive its benefits as well as their New England counterparts. The conditions of congressional consent are intended to ensure the compact operates in harmony with the Federal milk market order program, and in complement with the changes otherwise being imposed on that program by this act. Seven conditions of consent are identified. The condition in section 147(1) requires that the Secretary of Agriculture make a finding of compelling public interest in the compact region before the compact may be implemented.”