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Chairwoman Stabenow statement on House appointing conferees
Story Date: 10/14/2013
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Source: PRESS RELEASE, 10/11/13
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement after the House acted to join the Senate in a conference committee to develop a final 2013 Farm Bill. The Senate originally acted to go to conference and appoint conferees in July. Chairwoman Stabenow said:
“I’m pleased that the House has agreed to join the Senate in a conference committee. Senators worked across the aisle to overwhelmingly pass bipartisan Farm Bills the last two years in a row. If that same bipartisanship endures in the conference committee, we will cut tens of billions of dollars in unnecessary spending, make major reforms to improve crop insurance and strengthen other risk management tools, streamline and strengthen conservation and nutrition programs, and create jobs by investing in rural America.”
“We are now closer than ever to completing a five-year Farm Bill that will create jobs and provide certainty to our agriculture economy and the sixteen million people who work in agriculture. It’s past time to get this done.”
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