[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 11, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H4401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      FUTURE OF AMERICA'S FARMERS

  (Mrs. CRAIG asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CRAIG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of family farmers 
throughout the Midwest and in my home State of Minnesota. We are facing 
a year of unseasonably wet conditions, leaving many producers weighing 
their options for the future of their farms.
  I am proud to join my colleague, Representative Dusty Johnson of 
South Dakota, in introducing the FEEDD Act, a bipartisan bill to give 
farmers flexibility to graze and harvest cover crops on prevent plant 
acres.
  Congress has a responsibility to do right by our Nation's farmers who 
feed, clothe, and fuel our communities by providing them the 
flexibility they need to do their jobs successfully. This bill will 
help alleviate concerns of a forage shortage and improve soil health 
through the use of cover crops.
  This is a bipartisan, commonsense solution, and we need a whole lot 
more of that in this House. I encourage my colleagues on both sides of 
the aisle to come together and support this bill and stand up for our 
farmers throughout the country.

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