[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11476]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             THE FARM BILL

  Ms. STABENOW. Madam President, I appreciate my friend from Ohio 
yielding for a moment. I wanted to make a short statement as it relates 
to moving forward on the farm bill and congratulate the House for 
sending their version of the farm bill to us this morning.
  Tomorrow it will be our intent--Senator Cochran and I--to go through 
the motions that it takes to be able to send our farm bill back and ask 
for a conference committee. I wanted to let all the Members know that. 
If there is a concern, I would appreciate that Members approach me or 
Senator Cochran directly because this is an opportunity for us to move 
forward and actually put together this bill. The farm bill affects 16 
million people in this country who work in agriculture, as well as 
everyone who counts on the great work of our farmers in order to have 
the healthiest, most affordable food system in the world.
  Tomorrow it is our intent to move forward on the farm bill, so if 
there are any questions or concerns from Members, we are happy to work 
with them.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio.
  Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I thank the chairwoman of the agriculture 
committee for her work. This is legislation that saves taxpayers 
literally tens of billions of dollars while strengthening the safety 
net. The bill provides adequate revenue and nutrition for literally 
millions of people--children, seniors, people on disability, and people 
who work in low-income jobs--and that is also important in this 
agriculture bill.

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