jim billington, well done, my friend. well done, good and faithful public servant. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. does the gentleman have a motion to adjourn? he the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands

which is formerly known as food stamps as well as farm subsidies and conservation. and forestry kind of emerged as a last-minute hurdle as well. due to the deadly california wildfires. just recently. >> one of the issues that you've been writing about is the supplemental nutrition assistance program and the headline particularly, how paul an is selling his food stamp

law. in order they didn't get the work requirements that some members of congress, members of the house and senate wanted in there. why didn't that make it in the final bill? >> this is a contentious issue. especially in the senate. democrats were very poimsed to imposing -- opposed to impotesing stricter -- imposing stricter requirements on food stamp participation. they wanted to reach a compromise that could make it through the senate. there's a 60-vote threshold in the senate to get through. so you need to pick up some democrats. that's see lengthly why house -- that's essentially why house republicans have to give up their effort to impose stricter work requirements, infant eligibility criteria for snap, and also invest billions of dollars into state mandatory education and training programs, all of that didn't nd up in the final bill.

there are some investments in education and job training but not as significant as the house republican plan had proposed and there are provisions that house republicans are calling program integrity changes. but this is minor compared to what the house had originally proposed. >> it's been a long time. who are some of the key representatives and senators along the way that shepherded this bill to final passage in , e senate this week and today final debate in the house? >> debbie stabenow from michigan and on the house side, house agriculture chairman, mike conaway of texas, and ranking member collin peterson from minnesota. four of them essentially did many closed door meetings to work out the details with their staff. over a series of months. the house had unvailed its

original plan way back in april. this has been an eight-month process. but the farm bill did expire on october 1. so the pressure is on to get it done. before the end of the year. >> one of those conferees for the farm bill was the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. he tweeted this. just before that 87-13 passage in the senate. making it official with my hemp pen. proud to have served as a conferee on the farm bill and to fight for kentucky priorities with today's significant in a tureks my provision to legalize industrial hemp is one step closer to reality. explain that to us and why it's been such a priority for mitch mcconnell. >> right. so majority leader mitch mcconnell sees this as an economic opportunity for kentucky. hemp is currently on the list of federal list of controlled substances. so he wants that to be removed and that's essentially what the farm bill would do. this would pave the way for it to be legalized at the federal level. right now some states have

legalized it. the cultivation of hemp. but it's federally illegal. so he wants to make sure that's listed and it will be -- that will pave the way for cultivation of hemp and to sell it on the marketplace in the united states. >> our viewers and readers can read more about agriculture issues, the farm bill and more. food and agriculture reporter for "politico." politico.com. she's on twitter. thanks so much for the update. >> thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] >> when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest, most diverse freshman class in recent history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span. tarting january 3. >> sunday night on q&a. >> this american nazi party had supporters that came to a rally in the middle of new york. storm troopers giving the nazi salute.

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