Farm Bill Passes Senate

Statement

Farm Bill Passes Senate

Senator Chuck Grassley today made the following comment after he voted in support of the Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act. The farm bill passed the Senate 81-15. The bill will now be sent to the president.

"Passing the farm bill will help farmers already planting this year's crop make plans for the future. The bill isn't perfect and I'd hoped it would have gone further to address consolidation in agriculture and farm subsidy payment limits. We did get payment limits reform that will help close some loopholes, but there's a lot more work to be done in this area. After nearly seven months of work, in the end we were able to do some good things for family farmers, the hungry, and Iowa.

"The vote tallies in the House and the Senate send a strong signal to the president that there is a great deal of support on both sides of the Capitol. Whether he uses his veto pen has yet to be seen, but it appears we have the numbers to make this law and give farmers some certainty."

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