[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 29690]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               FARM BILL

  Mr. TESTER. Madam President, before I begin my speech today on the 
Wild Horse border crossing legislation, I want to say a couple things 
in reference to the farm will, and I will be speaking on it, 
potentially, later today. But if what I have heard this morning here in 
morning business is correct, I ask the leadership on the other side of 
the aisle to bring that caucus together.
  The farm bill is far too important to play politics. It is a critical 
issue dealing with this country's food security and dealing with this 
country's family farmers. As I have said many times before, if we ever 
lose family farm agriculture in this country, this country will change 
for the worse--no ifs, ands, or buts about it. This farm bill is a good 
farm bill, passing out of committee, I believe, unanimously. It is a 
bill that deserves an honest debate by this body and deserves passage. 
It is critically important that this happen very soon, that we set our 
differences aside and work together to get this bill done.

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