[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 21, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3785]
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                               FARM BILL

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, on the farm bill, later this week, House 
Republicans on the House Committee on Agriculture intend to mark up 
their version of the farm bill that I believe falls terribly short.
  The farm bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation that 
Congress works on, with consequences that affect tens of millions of 
Americans and a broad range of interests, from farmers, both big and 
small, to nutrition advocates, to climate champions and rural 
development advocates who rebuild local economies and create jobs--lots 
of jobs--in rural America. Some of these agriculture programs have 
helped rural parts of Upstate New York over and over again.
  A good farm bill represents all of the interests I just mentioned. So 
passing a farm bill has always been--and must be--bipartisan, but, once 
again, the path MAGA-right House Republicans are taking with their farm 
bill breaks with the bipartisan tradition, which has always enshrined 
the ag bill. A purely partisan bill that departs from the longstanding 
spirit of bipartisan cooperation, unfortunately, will not have a future 
in the Senate.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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