[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 123 (Thursday, September 13, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               FARM BILL

  (Ms. HOCHUL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HOCHUL. Imagine if our farmers did their jobs the way Congress 
has been doing its job. I know what you're thinking. We'd all starve, 
wouldn't we? We've got a job to do, folks, and you just heard it from 
my colleague on the other side of the aisle.
  There is no reason that our pleas for help on behalf of our farmers 
should go unheeded. We've been asking since early this summer to give 
the farmers the certainty they need to be able to do their jobs on our 
behalf in order to protect our food security, which is linked to our 
national security. It expires in a couple of weeks.
  I don't want to go home and my colleagues don't want to go home--we 
don't want to leave this body--until we do our jobs on behalf of the 
farmers. If anyone thinks that a 6-month extension--kicking the can 
down the road--is sufficient, well, I encourage you to go visit my 
farmers, particularly my dairy farmers--the McCormacks, the Berwangers, 
the Nobles, the Zittels, the Kerners--who are the people I've met over 
our 5-week break who thought for sure we'd be able to pull together in 
a bipartisan way and do it.
  There is still time, Mr. Speaker. I don't want to go home. Let's not 
go home until we take care of our farmers and get the job done right.

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