[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               FARM BILL

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, my colleagues and I on the Agriculture 
Committee will mark up the farm bill today. It is a landmark piece of 
legislation that will benefit farmers and communities throughout our 
country. I will have much more to say on the subject in the days and 
weeks ahead, particularly when it arrives here on the floor.
  I am particularly excited that the legislation being considered today 
includes provisions from the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, of which the 
occupant of the Chair is an original cosponsor and which I introduced 
earlier this year. This provision will empower farmers in Kentucky and 
other States to fully realize the potential of industrial hemp.
  For now, I just want to thank Chairman Roberts for his leadership and 
congratulate him and all of our colleagues on the committee for their 
bipartisan collaboration and the impressive bill it has produced.

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