Political Quotes

“it has taken a considerable period of time to reach the happy conclusion of the debate over the appropriations bill for the Department of Agriculture. None of that delay is due to the distinguished chairman or to his ranking member, the Senator from Wisconsin, who have worked with extraordinary diligence and I think immense success in bringing this bill before us. I can't even begin the major portion of my remarks without thanking him for his thoughtfulness to the particular concerns of my own State-- first, of course, the field of agricultural research. There is research money in this bill for wheat, apples, asparagus, animal diseases, small fruit, barley, and potatoes, to name a few. In each and every case, that money will help our farmers meet the demands of the market in the future--both here in the United States and overseas. In addition, without precedent, there is a considerable and most indispensable relief for the tree fruit industry in my State and others--formerly a highly profitable occupation that has fallen on bad times. A bridge is provided in this bill until more successful times in the future. The cranberry industry falls into exactly the same situation. And, of course, with respect to low farm prices in many other commodities nationwide in scope, relief is included in this bill, again with the hope that we will soon have better times in the future for our agricultural products.”