[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6072]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        ENERGY AND THE FARM BILL

  (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. The Third District of Nebraska is one of the 
largest agricultural districts in the country and is home to more than 
30,000 farmers and ranchers. Yesterday, the House Ag Committee took the 
first step on the road leading to a new Farm Bill.
  Taking a comprehensive look at the agriculture sector requires us to 
be direct about the impact of policies coming from Washington to those 
30,000 Nebraskans and agriculture producers throughout the country. 
Measures like the House-passed cap-and-trade bill will have dire 
consequences for agriculture. As higher energy prices hit other areas 
of our economy, farmers and ranchers will pay more for seed, 
fertilizer, equipment, energy, and other supplies.
  My goal is to create policies which will strengthen U.S. agriculture 
and provide long-term stability for our Nation's producers who feed 
America and the world. We must not continue to saddle producers with 
onerous regulations which stand in the way of growth and only lead to 
more uncertainty.

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