With each one of you to try to craft a longterm piece of legislation to guide our nations farmers and ranchers and give them the certitude they need. My home state is the home of over 48,000 farms, and we have over 1 billion in farm exports a year. So this is a pretty big deal to us. Im honored they gave me an opportunity to be here and work on it. We strongly prefer to keep the usda food safety and Inspection Service catfish inspection program. In addition, the setting of target prices, which are vital to many alabama farmers. I also support giving the livestock industry relief from the troublesome mandatory country of origin labeling mandates. The negotiations we face will be tough, and i am certain that not any conferee is going to go home with everything they want. But its important that we be responsible stewards of the taxpayers dollars by maintaining the programs that are working and reforming those that dont. I believe we can work through these differences in a timely and bipar
Every single american in a very positive way. Some of the keys id lieblg to em fa sies in this bim,en hansed Crop Insurance. Ive heard from across my state that farmers and rampblers wanten hanszed com snurnsz. Thats absolute lip a priority. We need to continue the sugar program, the Livestock Indemnity Program for our producers. We need conservation rules that make sense in the house vergsz, you do tie i think that is the right approach, and, obviously, under the Current Program if enroll in the program, you are also tied to the compliance requirements. We need strong support for ag research. For all of you that live and work in farm country, look what ag research has done for genetics and production. Its unbelievable talking about productivity. We have to support the programs. The senator was nice enough to mention the work done on a bipartisan basis. Shes been an absolute leader in the conservation programs, particularly rural Water Management. The Regional Conservation Partnership
Period. For americans without a job. We all know snap benefits will automatically get recuduz. Costing needy families as much as 300 per year, according to the cbo. Snap is the first line of defense for the most numb verble among us. And helpsen sure millions of americans have access to food. fact that the house even plo poedsd and padded the bill is beyond ne. We do not u tourn our barks on frarnlers seeking help with crop ever insurance. According to the environmental working group, taxpayers subsidize 62 . Some subsidies can be as much as 100 of the cost of the most basic coverage lefrl. Crop ininsurance is the own support program not subject to some sort of means testing. Le reduces the level with an adjusted gross income of over 7250 shl 750,000. The inclusion of Central State University as an 1890 labd Grant Institution and the ability of schools to serve more fresh foots and vegetables. Resolving this issue and others will not be an easy task. The gentle lady recognized from sou
Similar language in their versions of the farm bill. As a former prosecutor, i know that illegal drug and weapons deals that take place at animal fights and how they are often hotspots for other criminal activities such as prostitution. Just last week, two men in miamidade were murdered while participating in an illegal cockfight. It is time we stand up against the cruelty of animal fighting and help protect the animals and the people harmed by these fights by including the Senate Language against animal fighting in the final conference report. I thank you, and i yield back. The gentleman yield spec. Yield back. I would ask unanimous consent for the use of proxies on the part of the house during this conference. Seeing no objections, so ordered. Note that i have in the remaining order the gentleman from new york, the gentleman from michigan, and the gentleman from texas. Mr. Ingle is recognized. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Chairman lucas, chairwoman stabenow, Ranking Member pete
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