[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18231]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   IN SUPPORT OF FARM BILL CONFERENCE

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                          HON. RICHARD HUDSON

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 5, 2013

  Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call upon my colleagues 
currently negotiating the Farm Bill through the Conference process to 
get the job done on behalf of our nation's farmers and agribusiness 
community.
  I understand and respect the challenges facing the House and Senate 
in these final steps to getting a bill across the finish line. I also 
understand the significant differences between the two bills before us. 
But, it's time to get a deal done. We have waited long enough.
  I have the privilege to serve on the Agriculture Committee and I join 
my colleagues in supporting the House-passed bill that equips our 
farmers with the tools and certainty they need to produce an affordable 
and stable food supply while making significant reforms and cutting 
wasteful spending. I am proud of the bill the House passed and support 
many of the provisions contained therein.
  I join with my farmers back in the Eighth District of North Carolina 
in encouraging our negotiators to finish this work so we can get a Five 
Year Authorization complete. It's time to get this bill to the 
President's desk. Our farmers and agribusiness community have waited 
long enough and our local economies depend on it.

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