[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23362]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              MILC PROGRAM

  Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, while the Senate has passed some 
important legislation over the last few days, I deeply regret that the 
Senate will leave town today without extending the Milk Income Loss 
Contract, MILC, Program. Wisconsin's dairy farmers have relied on the 
safety net provided by the MILC Program to get them through the lowest 
milk prices in recent years, and this program needs to be extended.
  I applaud my colleagues, the senior Senator from Wisconsin, Mr. Kohl, 
for his efforts to extend the MILC Program. Wisconsin farmers count on 
the safety net the MICL Program provides, and I hope that the Senate 
will take up and pass an extension of MILC before that program expires 
on September 30, 2005.

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