Washington (Nov. 8, 2007)—As the U.S. Senate begins consideration of the 2007 farm bill, it is understandable that Senators and America’s farmers and ranchers may feel a little dejavu. That’s because the Senate will debate a rehash of the unpopular Kind-Flake amendment that was resoundingly defeated 117-309 on the House floor in July. The Senate…
Excerpt from a Nov. 8 Statement on the Senate Floor I wish to take just a minute to address an issue that appeared in The Washington Post earlier this week. [A]s with most people who write these editorials and publish them around the country, frankly, this editorial is filled with total inaccuracies. I want to…
By: Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) [D]espite the fact that our Nation enjoys but does not apparently appreciate the fact that production agriculture does provide this country and a very troubled and hungry world the very best quality food at the lowest price in the history of the world, we have heard a lot of repeated…