than 550. last year there were 400, and 210 made it to the floor. so that is a lot for the theyttee to tackle, and i have been known to work until 2:00 in the morning. so it could take a while. gould, is on twitter, and defensenews.com. next to that update. >> this week, the white house did not week -- did not release a presidential weekly address. representative marcia fudge of ohio delivered the democratic weekly address. she gave her reaction to the u.s. house rejecting the farm bill on friday by vote of 198-to 13. five: i amive -- marciaman martha fudge. i'm honored to give this week's

democratic address, to address an issue that will impact americans and communities large and small. i have the privilege of onresenting northeast ohio the house agriculture committee, where i serve as the ranking member of the subcommittee on conservation and forest rate. erstry.for the house has rejected the farm bill today. my fellow democrats and died unanimously opposed to this bill and spoke about it passionately, both in washington and in our communities for months. we received a lot of good questions. we hear a great many concerns from farmers, community advocates, and the broad range of stakeholders impacted by our nation's food and farm policy. we reject this farm bill. we demand more for our farmers, for our rural and urban communities, and for our nations hundred. we can do so much more for them. we will not -- and for our nations hungry.

we can do so much more for them. we will not accept congressional failer. we reject this farm bill because it fails our farmers. crop prices are down 40%. land values are down 20%. the worsening farm crisis is weakening rural communities across ohio and nationwide. we are in the middle of a storm. if the president's reckless actions on trade and his broken promises related to biofuel like diesel and us in all, it will get much worse. it willl and ethanol, get much worse. the farm bill does not account for the growing emergency facing farm country. further, the bill only offers a lukewarm commitment to trade. it fails to invest in the market access program, which helps trade associations, cooperatives

and small businesses build commercial export markets. the bill cuts snap, and it would take 265,000 children out of school lunch programs. it would eliminate benefits for 400,000 households, almost one million americans all -- in all. our states have told us they cannot operate effectively. it would create so many barriers that hungry families would be forced to give up the help they need. i call this engineered failure. the gop hopes that, with enough red tape, our hungry neighbors will simply give up and go away. that may leave republicans with a clear conscience but it keeps me up at night. becauset this farm bill

it does not do enough to strengthen rural communities. it adds barriers to delivery of real broadband. it fails to fund scholarships or development programs for the next generation of leaders. it increases competition for a small pool of moral resources and it eliminates keep programs that help us achieve energy efficiency and independent. -- and independence. reject this farm bill because it rejects conversation -- conservation. this could not be more critical than in the lake erie watershed. farmers, ranchers and environmental advocates work collaboratively to keep our soil at theer clean, republican farm bill strips almost $800 million from federal congress -- conservation programs that farmers use to accomplish these goals. this bill is just not good

enough. had democrats been at the table when the bill was written, we could have been -- we could have made it better. we were kept in the dark until the last minute and then pushed away by the republicans' ideological crusade. people ask why we are taking this opportunity to make the bill better. we are. by voting no, we give republicans another chance to come back to the negotiating table and join us in crafting a farm bill that actually works for the people it is supposed to serve. i hope they take that opportunity. there is no reason we have to go down this road. we can turn around and work together to make this bill better, but it all starts with a willingness to put ideology and partisanship aside and sit down together. we are willing if they are. theere on c-span, communicators is next, with a look at how technology is used

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