Ron Kind: “Madam Chairman, change in this place is very difficult. In fact…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2007

Madam Chairman, change in this place is very difficult. In fact, sometimes the toughest thing to accomplish is changing the status quo. But the fundamental fact is that when you've got two-thirds of the subsidy program in this farm bill going to just 30 congressional districts who are well represented on the committee, I think it's unrealistic to expect that that committee's going to produce a policy statement that embraces reform and new ideas. I should know. I used to serve on the committee. And I'm not being critical. That's just a fact. They have their districts to represent as we have districts to represent as well. My district takes a hit under this reform bill. But sometimes it takes a group of well-intentioned individuals to move the cause of reform forward, and that's what we're trying to do tonight.

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Ron Kind

Wisconsin

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Discussing challenges in reforming the farm bill during a committee meeting.

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Ron Kind: “Madam Chairman, change in this place is very difficult. In fact, sometimes the toughest thing to accomplish is changing…”

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