[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 171 (Tuesday, November 19, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H6097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      SUPPORTING FARM BILL PASSAGE

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to implore my colleagues to 
immediately move a clean farm bill to the floor, including a disaster 
supplemental to support American farms, businesses, and rural 
communities.
  Both the House and Senate have released a farm bill. It is long 
overdue for the Republican leadership to act. The farmers, producers, 
and growers we serve need certainty from their lawmakers.
  Farms are businesses. They must know what to expect. We cannot run 
out their clock.
  Farmers need a plan for the next season now, especially with all the 
enormous crop losses across the country. What equipment can they afford 
to buy? Will they get a deduction for it? What will be reference prices 
for their crops? What will be their insurance rates? Above all, what 
disaster assistance will exist to recover from both last season's and 
this season's crop losses?
  Look at this chart. Imagine you are an Ohio farmer. Imagine you don't 
even know what disaster assistance will be available before the next 
growing season. How can you plan? Farmers need clarity now.
  If we don't support our farmers, there will be no food on the table. 
Congress must pass a farm bill with disaster relief funding now. That 
will strengthen the farm safety net and the financial well-being of our 
farmers.
  What America makes and grows makes and grows America.

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