[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5515]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            HELP OUR FARMERS AND OUR AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, hopefully in the very near 
future Congress will be ready to vote on a new farm bill, one that 
would help our farmers and our agricultural community continue to do 
what they do so very well, feed America and help feed the entire world.
  We recognize and we encourage the very hard work and the ongoing 
negotiations between the House, the Senate and the administration as we 
face the expiration of the current farm bill on April 18. But planting 
season is here, and our farmers are faced with difficult decisions 
about what crops to plant and how much without knowing what direction 
the Federal Government is moving, and yet we look to our farmers to 
provide us with a stable food supply. There are many issues affecting 
the development of every farmer's business plan this year and into the 
next, certainly the rising prices of fuel and other costs as well, but 
the uncertainty of the national farm program needs to be resolved as 
quickly as possible.
  I look forward to working together with our House and our Senate 
leaders and the administration on a successful piece of legislation 
that will serve our farmers and all Americans fairly and well.

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