Harkin on USDA statement

Quickly responding to the statement by Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner, the office of Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia., released this statement this p.m.:

Statement of Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA)
USDA Statement on Senate Farm Bill
Washington, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, issued the following statement in response to this afternoon’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the Senate farm bill. Consideration of the bill begins today in the Senate.
“We have not yet received a Statement of Administration Policy, but I am concerned by this announcement today. I am hopeful we will be able to work through many of the Administration’s concerns as the farm bill moves through the full Senate and into a conference with the House. Let us hope the White House will work cooperatively with the House and the Senate to craft a farm bill the President will sign.”