those are really key aspects of the farm bill. host: you mentioned snap of course, the food stamps program , and the fact is that the farm bill usually gets quite a bit of bipartisan support. but the food stamps are something that seems to be splitting the parties mostly along party lines. tell us more about this issue. guest: certainly, yes. the snap program has 42 million recipients. and as agriculture chairman conaway wants to have stricter work requirements on a subset of the people on the program. between five and 7 million people would be subject to the stricter work requirements. they would have to work at least 20 hours a week or be enrolled in a job-training program and states would be required, mandated, that is new, to offer slots in job-training programs. of course that is very expensive. they would save probably $9 billion over 10 years on slashing foodstuff -- foodstamp benefits and then some of that money would be spent going towards the state work program. but that is pretty controversial because i think that there

the renewal of the farm bill. we have the chance to look at the program and see what is working, what isn't and make sure we are empowering our farmers to be successful. i come from one of the largest in the nation in north central wisconsin and it has been tough, given where commodity prices have been and milk prices have been falling and very difficult for these family farls to succeed with the very tough market they are facing right now. and taking the time to get this farm bill right is the appropriate thing to do. the farm bill in its current form misses the mark. here has been a lot of discussion. the program has worked well and very successful for my family farmers. and from a hilly area highlyy sensitive land and being able to use a stewardship program that is built in for the flex built of what my farmers need to put good conservation plans in practice is very important. as the previous speaker said the demand is overwhelming. three out of four are applying for conservation and are being turned away. by el

key details of the farm bill and how long is this authorization for federal farm program funding? >> the bulk of the sweeping legislation is geared toward the supplemental nutrition assistance program. this is certainly the most controversial aspect of getting the farm bill pass. nutrition accounts for 80% of this bill so the chairman has proposed imposing stricter work retirements between five and seven million people that are able bodied adults and enrolled in the snap program and then of course, the other 20 percent of the farm bill is spent on commodity subsidies for farmers, also crop insurance programs that they pay into but their premiums are subsidized so that is where the government comes in. then that pays out when there is a disaster, like hurricanes or wildfires that we saw last year. of course, there is also assistance with implementing land conservation practices and funding for rural development. those are really key aspects of the farm bill. >> you mentioned snap of course, the food stamps program and the fact that the farm bill usually gets quite a bit of bipartisa

, that it does not bolster or preserve the farm safety net, that the bill reduces investment in agriculture research, conservation, rural development, and that it cuts nutrition assistance that so many there, even in farm bill, but in our country rely on. when i was in iowa, as i said, last week, i had the privilege of meeting a wonderful woman named julia slocum. she works two jobs, she's a third generation farmer and part-time librarian. over the years she's relied on the lifeline of snap to put food on the table during difficult times. a farmer relying on snap to put food on the table. i challenge house republicans to explain to julia why they're abandoning hardworking people like her, abandoning her twice, by gutting the farm safety net and the snap -- and snap. 1.5 million of our veterans rely on the nutrition provision of this bill. 23,000. imagine, it's not just our veterans. that would be reason alone to be concerned, 1.5 million, but of 23,000 active duty service embers, 23,000 of the families of active duty service members need to have food stamps

the house failed to pass the farm bill last week. next up, a conversation on the future of the $867 billion legislation, from "washington journal." bill, multifaceted as well. describe this farm bill for our viewers who haven't been following this story. >> sure. historically national and -- guest: sure. historically there has been a -- and programs that come up with the farm bill. that has been the same thing for decades now. we have three chairman on the committee that mentioned that quite a bit at the time. about five years ago there was an attempt after fighting it off in committee on the floor to attack the food stamp program. at that time, the farm bill was going down because of that amendment. five years later, the lessons of history have not been heeded. we saw a push by the chairman and committee members on the hitrity said to take a big on farm programs again -- or on the food stamp program again, and that, basically, shattered this coalition. so, what did we see first? there were three major changes to the food stamp progra

we don't talk about every bill time a bill passes the house or senate this one is different not only because it's huge and taxpayers foot the bill but because the farm bill impacts so very many people and a lot of people that you may be unaware about here discuss a fred kaufman author of bet the farm fred thanks as always for being with us this is the huge money program and it's paid for by taxpayers but what does the farm bill actually do why is it important. the farm bill has been a signature piece of legislation and bipartisan legislation since one thousand nine hundred thirty three bar every five years it has been passed into last monday and there is parts in it for everybody in this country the farmers get their price of ports they get their insurance that's for the rural population in the urban population we get school lunches we get assistance for food everybody is a part of this bill that also happens to be the largest conservation bill in the country in the country for land conservation the last when we saw it on monday that all that funding had been cut but it didn't pass the bill did not pass and congress is looking at a major impasse rig

and this is the third farm bill that i have had the opportunity to participate in working together. so where are we today? we're exactly where we should not be. we're facing a vote this week on a partisan farm bill. that is both in my view, bad policy and divides us even further as a country. or bill does not promote demonstrate the successful programs i think necessary to our trade in the agricultural sectors across the country. america trades throughout the world and our agricultural economy is dependent in large degree on our ability to produce more food than we the agricultural sectors across the country. america trades can consume, therefore trade becomes very important. american agriculture needs a farm bill that supports and promotes not only trade but now perhaps ever more with looming escalation of a trade war sparked by the administration's efforts with steel and aluminum, we see tariffs taking place on a host of products gum, in the midwest, soar corn, and wheat, and in california potential increases almonds.nd that doesn't fair well. the version of the farm bill does not

we don't talk about every bill time a bill passes the house or senate this one is different not only because it's huge and taxpayers foot the bill but because the farm bill impacts so very many people and a lot of people that you may be unaware about here discuss a fred kaufman author of bet the farm fred thanks as always for being with us this is the huge money program and it's paid for by taxpayers but what does the farm bill actually do why is it important. the farm bill has been a signature piece of legislation and bipartisan legislation since one thousand nine hundred thirty three bar every five years it has been passed into last monday and there is parts in it for everybody in this country the farmers get their price a porch they get their insurance that's for the rural population in the urban population we get school lunches we get assistance for food everybody is a part of this bill that also happens to be the largest conservation bill in the country in the country for land conservation the last when we saw it on monday that all that funding had been cut but it didn't pass the bill did not pass and congress is looking at a major impasse righ

the numbers matter here while we don't talk about every bill time a bill passes the house or senate this one is different not only because it's huge and taxpayers foot the bill but because the farm bill impacts so very many people and a lot of people that you may be unaware about here discuss a fred kaufman author of bet the farm fred thanks as always for being with us this is the huge money program and it's paid for by taxpayers but what does the farm bill actually do why is it important. the farm bill has been a signature piece of legislation and bipartisan legislation since one thousand nine hundred thirty three bar every five years it has been passed into last monday and there is parts in it for everybody in this country the farmers get their price a porch they get their insurance that's for the rural population in the urban population we get school lunches we get assistance for food everybody is a part of this bill that also happens to be the largest conservation bill in the country in the country for land conservation the last when we saw it on monday that all that funding had been cut but it didn't pass the bill did not pass and congress is looking at a major impasse righ

what are the key details of the farm bill and how long is this authorizization for federal farm program funding? >> so the bulk of this sweeping legislation is guy geared toware supplement agricultural farm bill. so the chairman mike conaway has proposed imposing strict work requirements of over 5 million people who are able-bodied people who participate in the work program. and the other 80% are commodity insurance for farmers and their premiums are subsidized and that's where the government comes in and that pays out when there's a disaster like a natural disaster or the wildfire that we saw last year. of course there's also information implementing land conservation practices. >> and you mentioned snap of course, the food stamps program and the fact that the farm bill usually gets quite a bit of bipart san support. >> the people on the program, so about between 5 and 7 million people would be subject to strib stricter work requirements, they would have to work at least 20 hours a week or be enrolled in a job training brahm. that's very expensive. they would save probably $9 billion o

the farm bill is critically important. we're also good stewards of the land, and we look to those things that allow us to do our trade in a way. i grew up on a farm that's still in my family over 130 years, my mom's on it. i tell you this not because i think you care, but all of us came here -- i came to congress to write farm bills, to get policy right, to work with you. this is my third time. and i don't say that lightly, many of you are my friends and i say that as a right and vice versa. i don't question your heart or motivations, but have the decency and courage to know this is not how it's normally done. don't pretend like it is. new people, don't think you know because you came here. it has never been done like this. we were locked out of the process in a way that just -- if we wonder why we rank between north korea and head lice in popularity in congress, this is why, because now we're below north korea, probably. but truly, now the legacy is, the legacy is the ag committee before today and the ag committee after to

speaker, i rise in opposition to the farm bill and the republican majority scorched earth and irresponsible approach to historically a bipartisan bill. throughout this congress, the republican majority has cast aside bipartisan efforts by keeping democrats out of negotiations. the farm bill's no different. from sabotaging the affordable care act to giving wealthy tax ies and corporations a break at the cost of hardworking families to make cuts, deep cuts and supplemental nutrition assistance program of the snap. this bill is on a dangerous path. we need to return to bipartisan discussion so that -- that made the farm bill a win-win for both urban and rural communities f this bipartisan bill becomes law, roughly 265,000 low-income children will lose access to free school meals and more than one million americans will no longer receive benefit they rely on to buy food. we can do better because america's farmers and children tea serve better. we had a farm bill every five years. is it worth kicking children and families off snap? no, mr. speaker. thank you. i yield back my time. the speaker pr

the farm bill is rigid for the rich. farm subsidies, which the c.b.o. says will cost $12 billion are so skewed toward the rich that the top 10% of farms, about 76,000 farms received over 60% of all farm subsidies. you know snap recipients -- mr. mcgovern: i yield an additional minute. ms. delauro: snap recipients have income and asset limits. $1.40 per meal. snap recipients have work requirements. millionaires and billionaires who pocket subsidies do not. nearly 18,000 people in the 50 biggest cities receive farm subsidies. they do not work the land or till the soil, where are their work requirements. 23 republican members of this congress who oppose snap have financial ties to farms that receive subsidies. they are poised to support this bill. they get theirs while the kids go hungry. the country needs to know this in the land of food abundance, no one should go hungry. the republican farm bill is a massive give away to the rich which will deny food. we need to eradicate hunger and do not need to araid indicate the anti-hunger programs. i yield back. t

house began, the debate on the farm bill, which sets subsidies and nutrition programs. here is part of the house debate on the bill, it is 15 minutes. mr. peterson: i yield 1 1/2 inutes to ms. blunt rochester. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. blunt rochester: i joined the house committee on agriculture because of its reputation of being bipartisan. i represent an entire state, urban, rural, and suburban. the farm bill is vital. that is why it was so dis-- i was so disappointed to see this break down. the goal of creating a thriving economy and moving people out of poverty is a goal we all share, and throughout my career, i've worked to connect people with jobs. as delaware's former secretary of labor and deputy secretary of health and social services, i've overseen both work force development and economic safety net programs. i believe in work. we believe in work. however, the majority's proposal would essentially force individuals off snap to pay for an unproven, untested, severely underfunded program. what happens if your child gets sick or your car breaks

, that it does not bolster or preserve the farm safety net, that the bill reduces investment in agriculture research, conservation, rural development, and that it cuts nutrition assistance that so many there, even in farm bill, but in our country rely on. when i was in iowa, as i said, last week, i had the privilege of meeting a wonderful woman named julia slocum. she works two jobs, she's a third generation farmer and part-time librarian. over the years she's relied on the lifeline of snap to put food on the table during difficult times. a farmer relying on snap to put food on the table. i challenge house republicans to explain to julia why they're abandoning hardworking people like her, abandoning her twice, by gutting the farm safety net and the snap -- and snap. 1.5 million of our veterans rely on the nutrition provision of this bill. 23,000. imagine, it's not just our veterans. that would be reason alone to be concerned, 1.5 million, but of 23,000 active duty service embers, 23,000 of the families of active duty service members need to have food stamps

the bill. and because of a commitment that he had made, he couldn't show us the bill. i mean, talk about, you know, in farm country, getting the cart ahead of the horse for crying out loud. never seen anything quite like that. we'd like you to support this bill but we can't show it to you. really? and we've heard everybody talk about this process. and i gotta tell you, when i was a young guy, back to that again, and i was a graduate student out at the university of maryland. and working on my masters program and i did a study actually for my statistics class on the relationship between committee work and the results on the floor of the house of representatives. and we found that overwhelmingly the committee bills passed musters and became the law of the land when they went to the full house. but even more importantly, when amendments were offered on the floor of the house, after the committee had done its work, the committee's position prevailed. like 97% of the time. and that was because of the regular order and the process by which these bills evolved and came ultimately to the house and the senate for r

physically because the farm bill was in a farm bill. it was a welfare bill. t what does that say about the effectiveness of house speaker paul ryan will be campaigning, fun race for the gop. if he was able to reach a deal of reform legislation maybe the gop is better off without him. >> i think you make an important point. presently say it's good news for working families and those across the country that this was defeated. it does bring into reflection why republicans should be worried in november. republicans control the senate and the house in the white house. yet, they've only really been able to pass one signature piece of legislation in power. which is a trillion plus dollar deficit spending tax cut that benefits the wealthiest americans at the expense of the middle class. >> i would say a lot of middle-class americans have been benefiting from the tax cuts. >> i think the border point that your reason, it is an important question. why did paul ryan choose to hold on to the gavel once he announced his retirement. should have stepped aside to allow them t

this farm bill is mean. the farm bill that you are putting here is hurtful. the farm bill here is deceitful. it is un-american and it is filled with racial specific dudes. there is absolutely no way that we, that we as a congress representing this great nation of people from all walks of life can do but one thing as we go through this. and that is, hold our heads down in shame. this bill takes away 1.6 million people, 1.6 million needy families off of the s.n.a.p. program. why? a work program that you manifest and walk around and say able-bodied men, or able-bodied people, ought to work and not be on food stamps. you know what you are really saying with that? the image of able-bodied men not working are african american men, and the minds, not of everybody's mind, but there are, unfortunately, people out there who have this mental dispositio disposition. now, many of you on your side of the aisle may not understand that, but i'm an african american man who's had to survive through my people coming through, and with the audacity that these are lazy people out t

it is quite telling in terms of what is happening now with the farm bill. it notes there has been a 45% the in net farm income, largest drop since the great depression. a drop since 2013. farms are now highly or extremely leveraged. 'sis was chairman conaway opening statement when the farm bill deliberations were beginning. if you look at farm income, farm tosehold income, relative , it it-household income above since the early 1990's, both the mean income and media income. all includes income from sources. the breakout by different occupations, it really tells the same story. typically much wealthier and enjoy higher incomes. you see the mean household income there. mentioned the leverage rate. the chairman's statement there was talking about how one out of 10 farms are in difficulty. but looking at this compared to other lines of credit, you see the farm operating live on -- the farm operating loan is operating positively. low debt-acid ratios. , byloans are not delinquent and large, as a whole. so if you notable changes in title i. the payment limit thing

cheryl: one of the things that would happen with the farm bill going up in flames. dom caucus says we want a vote on immigration. we have to have a chance to go at this, and they are fighting against rhine who is pushing back on that and maybe some others worried about their mid-term chances. i don't know. >> i think most of of us are tired of watching politicians vie only for their next election rather than focusing on the work they were elected to do. that what's paul ryan has almost never done and that's what the american people will demand with the mid-terms coming up and again in 2020. cheryl: donald, the mueller probe, we entered year two. >> of america held hostage. cheryl: where is that collusion? we are still waiting for that collusion. the reason i'm asking about this. this may push into the mid-terms. and mueller may have to kind of back off and lay quiet for a while. what do you think happened? >> i have a theory about this. one of the reasons this goes on, mueller wants to be politically relevant. he wasn't doing other jobs. this keeps on and keeps his r

on wednesday, the house began debates on the farm bill. the bill being considered would require those receiving benefits through the supplemental nutrition assistance program to work at least 20 hours a week. here is part of the debate on the bill. it is 15 minutes. thank you mr. chairman. it is with deep disappointment that i stand in opposition to the bill. i joined the house committee on agriculture because of its reputation of being bipartisan. i represent an entire state, urban, rural, and suburban. the bill is vital, and that is why i was so disappointed. of creating a thriving economy and moving people out of poverty is a goal we all share. throughout my career, i have worked to connect people with jobs. as a former secretary of labor and social services, i have overseen work post development and economic safety net programs. i believe in work, we believe in work. however, the proposal would essentially forced individuals to pay for an unproven, untested and severely underfunded program. what happens if your child gets sick or your c

the house. last week i was on a farm in iowa to listen to the hardworking men and women, to talk about their problems with the farm bill. that's on the floor now. as you know. farmers have strug -- are struggling with plummeting prices, great economic uncertainty, and self-inflicted damage of the trump tariffs. i say self, self for our country. but republicans wrote a bill that abandons farmers -- farming families. it weakens the farmers' safety net, it slashes hundreds of millions from rural development initiatives. cutting small businesses, loan guarantees and adding new layers of bureaucracy to high-speed broadband grants. these grants to high-speed broadband are essential to economic development, rural development, and they're putting obstacles in the way of that. eliminating funding for on-farm energy initiative, neglecting the central role of the american farmer and america's energy independence. the g.o.p. wants to cut $23 billion from child nutrition, veteran nutrition, the snap program. endangering a life line for hungry children, seniors, students, 1.5 million veterans are involved in the nutrition program. 2

the names are to 13. the bill does not pass. >> reporter: they defeated a five year farm bill defining g.o.p. aders and president trump. the conservatives ministry vote on a security focused immigration plan before the farm bill, with some republicans signing on with democrats to force a vote on addressing, daca it became an emergency. >> i would say it doesn't expire until september so we have plenty of time to deal with it, but we could be dealing with it next month. so it's more important right now to prioritize immigration and we have been asking and waiting for months. >> reporter: house g.o.p. leaders put the farm bill on the floor calling their bluff. the package includes policy changes favored by the president and the speaker including having able-bodied food stamp recipients work or receive job training. the bill can be brought up again when the leadership is confident they have a vote. >> sure it's disappointing, we need to move forward on the farm bill and the republicans want to move forward on the reform for the food stamp program. >> the food camp, exam program kept them unified

on the farm bill and on farm bill, as i understand it, again i think pursuant to what the speaker said after we passed the tax $1.5 which we gave 83% of trillion to the wealthiest in america, the farm bill is now to fill that $1.8 trillion hole that was constructed by the tax bill by reducing benefits to those most in need in this country. i would not so much ask a question of the majority leader, mr. speaker, but simply to observe that i would hope we would not try to fill that very, very deep hole we have dug by passing that tax bill by taking it from those who are most in need. i notice that as well as the farm bill the reconciliation bill -- excuse me, the rescission bill was referred to by the leader as coming to the floor as well. and that seeks to cut a very from the l amount contingency fund for child health insurance. the majority leader will make the point, well, that is money that is not necessarily from expected to be spent. he wrote to c.b.o. to ask them a question, c.b.o. said they didn't think any children would be cropped -- dropped off, because if the contingency is no

the next and last is the farm bill. the fourth factor is the weather, which is always a factor in south dakota agriculture, but i don't believe that's something you have any control over. regarding agricultural trade, i'd just like to go on the record in opposition to ad hoc price loss payments to producers who suffer economic loss from trade sanctions, tariffs, and loss of export markets due to our trade policies. we you aurgently need well-craf trade legislation that expand markets. we need these agreements sooner rather than later. i hope that we are working aggressively to open up more trading opportunities for american altugriculture. i appreciate the quick turnaround regarding a letter i sent on april 16th after winter storms pounded portions of south dakota with record snowfall right before birthing season. i received response yesterday from undersecretary informing me that fsa is announcing clarifications to the policy later today based on that request. so i'd like to say now that your timely response and sensiti

bill failed to pass. >> i would say that the farm bill does not expireil september so you plenty of time to the farm bill but if the discharge petition comes we will deal with that eminently six-month. it's more important right now to prioritize immigration and we been asking and waiting for months. reporter: every democrat opposed it because of the changes to the food stamp or snap program including requirements for able-bodied adults to worker receive training. the agriculture committee top democrat argues he could help deliver votes if republicans were willing to ease those requirements. >> the whole problem was food stamps. it could have been worked out. i'm not happy this field. i'm not happy we are in this situation but i am willing to do what i can to try to fix it. reporter: this is a symbolic standby house conservatives for their own immigration bill does not have a lot of support in the house but by forcing a vote on it they are playing their power ahead of the new race for speaker and put pressure on their moderate colleagues to go on the reco

reporter: to clarify on the farm bill part of this question. isn't the idea, you said you're trying to get to 218 to pass a farm bill. if they come up with something that says, all right, this will get you to 218 on farm, isn't there a deal you'd be willing to make? mr. ryan: i'm not going to negotiate in the media. we're having good productive conversations with our members to advance our agenda on all fronts. reporter: you said you're working with the fat come up with some kind of immigration plan that can become law. has his demands changed since the last destpwhate what principles matter? mr. ryan:, no he believes the same things he believed before. we share those agreements though, principles. the point i keep making is, if we're going to advance immigration legislation, let's advance immigration legislation that could get a presidential signature, not this one that would get a presidential veto. that's the one we keep trying to make. reporter: along those lines, give the dynamic, senate, the president, your party over the last decade, in w

the house has been working on the farm bill this week. one of the amendments to the bill they debated would have changed the sugar program. it was offered i virginia foxx. conaway led the opposition to the amendment. the current subsidies in programs on sugar should be maintained. we will show the debate. a formal vote is expected friday. mr. speaker, i commend my colleagues, mike conaway, and the other members for their work on the farm bill. intention ofry voting for the bill and stated i cany occasions -- sympathize with the effort and say that, overall, this bill is an improvement of past farm bills because it responds to the desperate need of work requirements for able-bodied people. there is another piece of this bill that has been around for a long time. 85 years. it's not corrected. decidedly bad policy. it is long overdue to be corrected, and our amendment does that. this amendment is not new. this body has debated it in every farm bill for over a generation. the issue of which i speak is the issue with sugar and the need for refo

congressman, the farm bill bill -- failed on the floor last week. describe this farm bill.sually a multi-year bill, multifaceted as well. describe this farm bill for our viewers who haven't been following this story. >> sure. historically national and -- guest: sure. historically there has been a -- and programs that come up with the farm bill. that has been the same thing for decades now. we have three chairman on the committee that mentioned that quite a bit at the time. about five years ago there was an attempt after fighting it off in committee on the floor to attack the food stamp program. at that time, the farm bill was going down because of that amendment. five years later, the lessons of history have not been heeded. we saw a push by the chairman and committee members on the hitrity said to take a big on farm programs again -- or on the food stamp program again, and that, basically, shattered this coalition. so, what did we see first? there were three major changes to the food stamp program. one was increasing the work requirement, which there already is. if you are

for the duration of the five-year farm bill. so long as there are no changes to the current farming operation. if a farmer does not make changes to their farming operation, they must reflect those changes in a new signup as is the current process. this simple fix will help our farmers spend more time farming and less time filling out paperwork. i want to thank chairman conaway and his staff for working with me on this amendment and i appreciate all his support for this commonsense reform that is so important to our farmers and i urge my colleagues to vote in support of the amendment. i thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. does any member claim time in opposition? the gentleman from minnesota. mr. peterson: this is common sense and i support this amendment. i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from illinois. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the ayes have it and the mendment is agreed to. it'

house has been working on the farm bill this week. one amendments would have changed the sugar program. it was offered by virginia foxx. republican, mike conaway, led the opposition. subsidies andt programs should be maintained. we will show the debate. a final vote is expected today. mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i commend my colleague, mike conaway, and the other members of the agriculture committee for their work on the farm bill. i have every intention of voting for the bill and have stated that on many occasions. having been working on a re-authorization of a major bill recently, i can certainly sympathize with the effort here and say that overall this bill is an improvement on past farm bills because it responds to the desperate need of work requirements for able-bodied people. however, there's another piece of this bill that's been around for a long time. 85 years. that is not corrected. it is decidedly bad policy and it is long overdue to be corrected. and our amendment does that. but this amendment is not new. in fact, this body h

rejectede house has the republican farm bill. is coming amid the immigration and house from caucus, they rejected the bill because they want something else on immigration. we hear the house has rejected the bill. without this bill going into effect, this was not going to be the final say with the senate having to weigh in. what is next? >> this is the first step on the farm bill. it is important for the agricultural communities to give uncertainty on a long-term perspective on the arm bill. disappointing one caucus would bring down a bill on an outline the issue. i want to make progress on immigration reform and we need immigrants filling in the labor market. agriculture is a big part of that. happened, iust think leadership will get together and work on some other possible solutions that will proceed to take place next week. working with the senate. certainty, sort of predictability for the farmers, they need to think about planting crops. this on top of the possibility soybeans being curtailed out of china. are we hurting the fa

and with the farm bill, if you want to just look at the farm bill, you talked about the tax bill, and we know what direction that went in and who are the beneficiaries there. again, this safety -- this farm safety net is filled with loopholes. the top 3% of farms, or about 60,000 farms in the united ates, receive roughly 40% of all farm subsidies. any farms receive more than $1 million in subsidies annually. they don't pass any income tests. they pass no asset tests. they are -- the largess is overwhelming. and the share of subsidies a largest farm claim has ncreased from 11% in 1991 to 34% in 2015. it is -- if you can just -- you know, they're consistent. watch what they do in the tax bill. watch what they do in the farm bill and who benefits. who has benefited from the tax, the tax scam which is rigged for the rich and now we have a farm bill which is rigged for the rich. mr. raskin: well, that bill, ms. delauro, came out of the agriculture committee, as i understand it, on a party line vote. ms. delauro: you got that right. mr. raskin: it used to be bipartisan. it used to be a bipa

majority is pursuing the policy on the farm bill and on the rescission to undermine the safety and security of those who are nutritionally underserved in this country. >> bret: maybe you did not know, food stamps falls under agriculture and the farm bill covers this. it is a big deal, but the white house is suggesting that the president may veto it, stopping short of the veto threat, but here it is, 868 billion over ten years expanding the number of food stamps, but as work requirements. to take a look at this, the work requirements, adults between 18-59 required to work or participate in work training for about 20 hours per week. seniors, disabled people, caring for children under six and pregnant mothers exempt, but that is the sticking point. at the white house saying, i want those in there. we are back with the panel. moe. >> i do not think that you will find a lot of people who are opposed to worker requirements outright, that it was part of the last to go around during the clinton administration they opposed work requirements. now republicans in th

the prince of the farm bill cannot be overrated. as you know of any farmers are facing the same challenges of the country. with trending low income and the [inaudible] the farm bill should be an opportunity to support our agriculture industry. it has released a partisan bill that will punish struggling pennsylvania especially seniors, individual disability and working families in your congressional district. this is a letter from governor tom wolfe as the ranking member from the ranking committee he said we should talk to those on the front lines. the government also said to me the farm bill has been a bipartisan effort because hunger is not a political issue. that is what the governor of pasadena said and he is on the frontline. mr. chairman, i read the comments from him and it's i'd like to submit that for the record if that is possible and i understand it's a markup and i recognize and respect that but i think it's important to talk to the people on the front lines. that is to say that snap already has a strict, effective work req

, the reauthorization of the farm bill. and what we hear about, you identified two of the three topics that we hear, and that's trade, labor, a legal farm work force and legal immigration. that's what we hear. obviously, trade has taken the lead by a considerable amount in light of the recent days. the president has assured me, and i've tried to assure the constituents out there that we're not going to ask farmers to bear the brunt and to be the casualties in a trade dispute war. how we do that, and obviously, our goal is to have negotiations. i was very pleased over the weekend to see the chinese president come back and indicate some willingness to sit down and talk. i applaud the president for kind of getting their attention. what's happened over the years is the chinese have talked and talked and talked and talked and nothing ever happens. and so, with this issue of intellectual property theft, you also are aware that that's happened to agriculture as well. >> right. >> in fact, in digging up seeds in fields of iowa and t

we saw and attended vote last week on the farm bill. it did not fail, did not pass. what was voted on last week? what happened? guest: the farm bill is a massive authorization bill that deals with a range of programs, including health insurance, world development programs, trade issues for the agriculture industry, as well as a supplemental nutrition program, which people still referred to as food stamps. in the package was a work requirement for most people between the ages of 18 and 59 to have to do at least 20 hours a week of work or work training, and that is something that democrats were vehemently opposed to and they were trying to see if this bill could still be bipartisan before went to the floor, but it was not. to pass the house floor, you needed the vast majority of republicans on board. there are a lot of closed-door meetings between house leadership and the freedom caucus, the far right group of thet 30 or so lawmakers, on farm bill issue, which they say they are not necessarily opposed to. they voted against it, mostly because they want a leadership agre

current law supposed to re-authorize the farm bill expi 30. peterson's decision, collin peterson is the ranking democrat, his decision to pause talks comes after house democrats demanded that he stop negotiations until the text of he bill is made to everyone. the democratic members have made clear that they unanimously oppose the farm bill snap language as it has been described to them or reported in the press. mr. speaker, if when you hear things you don't like or see things you don't like, you ave the negotiating table, i promise you we're going to get a worse result every single time. i go up to this rules committee, right up here on the third floor, and we debate and talk and debate and talk and debate and talk hour upon hour upon hour, late into evening, often into the next morning. i hear things i don't like. i hear people say things i know are not true. but i don't pick up my toys and go home. i stay at the table. i debate the issues, and i work through the issues if it was easy, someone would have done it before this congress got here.

the purpose of the bill. i'm happy to say the contents of the bill are embedded in the farm bill as a component of the entire rm bill. we are there to subsidize qualified agora for -- agricultural associations to form their own risk pool. people who have access to government insurance can pay the people in rural payingare rates that cannot be affordable. resources, role development spree we feel the need to fix the market allowing new types of associations to form that would help bring about new insurance products and substantially reduced costs. host: how much money do you want to spend? guest: that is not the right framework. host: but you said subsidizing. guest: it is subsidizing for right groups. everybody shares the risk. when you are on your own are not part of a group. rates are astronomically high and it is causing great duress and harm. minimal is to take amount of money and subsidize risk pools. qualified agricultural associations sells seed and health insurance as well. these are hard to start. there's a lot of risk to them. there is a role for public policy, a public subsidy to stimulate this par

kilmer: the farm bill is supposed to be about people. but this bill is not. it doesn't help the farmer i met who says he knows there is a whole lot for big corporations in this bill but not enough for family farms who want to plant something in the ground other than a for sale sign. this is a step backwards for people i met at the food pantry and sometimes wait for hours so they can feed their kids and make ends meet while they look for jobs. this bill cuts the safety net that helps dairy farmers i met with with the changing climate floods their fields. the majority claims they want to rebuild our rural economies, but this bill cuts rural develop grants that help small business owners. i haven't received one letter of support for what we're voting on today. the only people i heard from on d.c. insiders who had misguided notions about real families struggling to make ends meet who don't -- this bill doesn't care enough about real farmers counting on this bill and the families at st. leo's and the 1.5 million veterans and 22,000 service members who feed their fa

banks: as we debate the farm bill this week, the house has an opportunity to permanently eliminate one of the worst examples of runaway government and bureaucracy by the obama administration. the 2015 waters of the united states rule, is harmful to farmers and agricultural producers in indiana and across the country. this rule gives unelected bureaucrats at the e.p.a. the power to broadly interpret what is a navigable waterway. this rule can be interpreted in a way that a puddle could be subject to federal regulation. i'm proud to represent nearly 12,000 farms in northeast indiana and each and every one of these prayings could be subject to this overreaching rule. at a time of falling commodity prices the last thing farmers need is a a decree that seeks to regulate every aspect of their operation. i applaud efforts by the trump administration to delay this damaging rule, but it is time to permanently repeal this. i urge my colleagues its elimination as congress considers the farm bill this week. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recogniti

working on a re-authorization of a major bill recently, i can certainly sympathize with the effort here and say that overall this bill is an improvement on past farm bills because it responds to the desperate need of work requirements for able-bodied people. however, there's another piece of this bill that's been around for a long time. 85 years. that is not corrected. it is decidedly bad policy and it is long overdue to be corrected. and our amendment does that. but this amendment is not new. in fact, this body has debated it in every farm bill for over a generation. the issue of which i speak is the issue with sugar and the need for reform of the way we treat sugar. which is different from all other commodity programs. it's the only program that provides both loan support and supply management. supply management is the ugly cousin of direct payments. it rewards inactivity. americans are outraged when they hear tales of direct payments to farmers for not producing something. that same injustice reward for inactivity, protection from competition, is what we find in the sugar program. let's be crystal clear about what the sugar program does. it put

that is all within the farm bill. >> that is right. inia foxx runs to get more republicans to support her provision of the farm bill, democrats are universally opposed to another provision in farm bill, one that would impose a work requirement for recipients of food stamps. what used to be called food stamps and now called the s.n.a.p. program, supplemental nutrition assistance program. food stamp usage has now expanded from 17 million people in the year 2000 to 41 million people presently. and now that the economy is roaring, and that the unemployment rate is at a two-decade low, they say it's time to impose this work requirement on some recipients. democrats say that this is a heartless requirement. >> this is a bill that is simply mean-spirited and hurts the most vulnerable among us. it cuts s.n.a.p. benefits by $23 billion. if this bill becomes law, millions of people will lose food assistance. some will see these benefits reduced. others will be kicked off assistance altogether. >> so with the potential opposition from both sides,