[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12185]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        WE NEED A FARM BILL NOW

  (Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana. Madam Speaker, I rise today to request the 
House of Representatives be allowed to vote on the 2012 farm bill. With 
many of the provisions of the previous farm bill set to expire on 
September 30 and with only 13 legislative days scheduled between now 
and then, we cannot afford delay.
  Whether it's from Mother Nature or market prices, our farmers face an 
incredible amount of uncertainty. We cannot allow this Congress to be 
another cause for concern. Farmers in Indiana and throughout our 
country don't have time for political games. They have a Nation and a 
world to feed and an economy that relies on them to be all-star 
performers and to increase productivity every single year.
  Mr. Speaker, bring the farm bill to the floor now. If not, let's stay 
here through all of August, all of September, all of October, all of 
November, and all of December until we get this work done. There is no 
excuse for not having a vote on the farm bill. We need a farm bill now.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would remind Members that they are 
to address remarks to the Chair.

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