i'm here to support the farm bill. unfortunately, my republican friends made the rule controversial. another reason to support the farm bill, in addition to the strong nutrition title for those who are vulnerable here in the united states, the conference report also has tissue provides strong support for international food assistance programs. like food for peace. food for progress. and mcgovern-dole. a program i helped write several years ago which provides food to some of the most vulnerable and poor children in the world in school settings. and so this farm bill in addition to helping our farmers, in addition to provide food security for people in the united states, i think also contributes to our national security around the world and i point that out so my colleagues understand that this farm bill covers a whole wide range of areas. mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. . mr. blu

bush, signed into law the 1990 farm bill. for the first time since 1990, congress is poised to pass a new farm bill in the same year that the legislation was first introduced. in many ways the 1990 farm bill laid the groundwork for today's u.s. farm policy. u.s. farm policy in longer the old command control policies of the new deal but a market oriented, risk management approach that helps america's farmers and ranchers survive natural disasters and the predatory trade practices of foreign countries like china. our nation's farmers and ranchers are the very best in the world. but they cannot compete alone against a sea of rising -- high and rising foreign subsidy, tariffs, and nontariff trade barriers. nor can they survive alone in the face of record droughts, hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters. that's why we have a farm bill. mr. speaker, not since the early 2 thouths have a farm bill been more desperately needed than today. our farmers and ranchers are going through a difficult recession right now. net farm i

joining us, catherine budroe of political, here to talk about the farm bill. good morning. >> aside from that, talk about the larger pieces, what is the ultimate purpose? >> the farm bill is a massive piece of legislation. it's -- it touches a lot of different parts of the economy. so primarily, of course, the supplemental nutrition assistance program is the largest part of the bill. that's formerly known as food stamps and then craft insurance for farmers, initiatives to help them improve the land that they're working on, the soil, the water quality. rural development, agricultural research, and there's also credit and trade, too. investment in those types of programs. >> what's the price tag? >> about $860 billion over a decade, so pretty significant price tag. >> how does that compare to previous farm bills? >> the goal of the house and senate agricultural lawmakers is to keep it budget newtal. it's going to cost no more than the current law is projected to cost over a decade. and the last farm bill, they did cut -- they did cut spending. i think the goal is

i rise today in support of the 2018 farm bill and to commend my colleagues on the farm bill conference committee for a truly bipartisan and bicameral product. i stand confident that the bill will move delaware and our nation forward. it gives poultry growers the resources they need when they need them. it shores up a strong crop insurance program that protects our farmers against catastrophic loss and provides additional sustainable resources for 1890 land grant institutions ensuring that schools continue their important research while preparing the next generation and ensures that nutrition benefits are maintained for children, seniors, and families who rely on the social safety net. all of these accomplishments were made possible by cooperation and compromise which drew me to the ag committee in the first place. we came together, we got something done and that's what the american people want to see. this is a farm bill we can all be proud of and i ask my colleagues to support it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the entlelady yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. conaway:

the farm bill, what is the ultimate purpose? guest: the farm bill is a massive piece of legislation, touches a lot of parts of the economy. the farm bill is a massive piece of legislation, primarily it's a nutrition assistance program, food stamps and then there's a lot of crops and conservation initiatives to help improve the land and water quality, rural development and also credit and trade. >> it will cost no more than its projected cost for over a decade. host: they did cut spending, the goal is to a dereturn to drop the pr down. >> is there a deadline for this bill and what happens if the deadline has not been met? >> it's already expired but a lot of the programs are mandatory spending. that means they continue regardless of how congress appropriates the money . >> my impression is that it will mostly resemble the senate it's not a terribly different -- in the current law. and i think right now they are in a good place i think it will probably pass in the senate on his back on the floor next week. the house passed its vers

portions are previous guest talked about in the farm bill was subsidies for farms. can you make the case for why farmers need that kind of thing from the federal government? i'm sure you have heard they don't. guest: one of the portions talked about previously was subsidies for farms. can you make the case why farmers need that kind of thing from the federal government? >> yes i can. we've heard the dialogue, more than ever commissioners secretaries had a viable secretary in the state, crop insurance, these are provisions that enhance the farm sustainability and economic viability. it's a huge title in the farm bill. we actually don't advocate and work on it specifically because of the commissioners and it's not the area we feel we can impact directly but it provides certainty and we need that certainty in these times of low revenue and high times for the economic downturn . >> to all farmers need that type of assurance? >> in general, it's important to say that there needs to be equitable provision across the farming industry the support of those who grow our food,

bush, signed into law the 1990 farm bill. for the first time since 1990, congress is poised to pass a new farm bill in the same year that the legislation was first introduced. in many ways the 1990 farm bill laid the groundwork for today's u.s. farm policy. u.s. farm policy in longer the old command control policies of the new deal but a market oriented, risk management approach that helps america's farmers and ranchers survive natural disasters and the predatory trade practices of foreign countries like china. our nation's farmers and ranchers are the very best in the world. but they cannot compete alone against a sea of rising -- high and rising foreign subsidy, tariffs, and nontariff trade barriers. nor can they survive alone in the face of record droughts, hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters. that's why we have a farm bill. mr. speaker, not since the early 2 thouths have a farm bill been more desperately needed than today. our farmers and ranchers are going through a difficult recession right now. net farm i

continuing our discussion on the farm bill. joining us is catherine boudreau, and agricultural reporter for politico. good morning. talk about the larger pieces of the farm bill, what is the ultimate purpose? guest: the farm bill is a massive piece of legislation, touches a lot of parts of the economy. course, thef supplemental program is a large part of the bill. that is formerly known as food stamps. a lot of crop subsidies, crop insurance, conservation initiatives to help them improve the land, soil, water quality. rural development, agricultural trade,h, also credit and investment in those programs. host: what is the price tag? guest: about $860 billion over a decade. host: how does that compare to previous farm bill's? guest: the goal of the house and senate are cultural lawmakers is to keep in budget neutral. it will cost no more than the current law is projected to cost over a decade. the last farm bill they did, they did cut spending. the goal over time is to drop the price tag. host: is there a deadline for this bill an

. >> catherine boudreau who reports on agriculture joining us for a discussion about the farm bill. thanks for your time. >> this is barbara glenn, the ceo of the national association of state departments of agriculture joining us to talk about agriculture policy and the farm bill. good morning. >> good morning, pedro. >> tell us a little bit about your organization, specifically what it does and your role in it. >> i would be happy to do so. i'm the ceo of the national association of state departments of agriculture. our mission is really to create consensus around sound agricultural policy. we do that between the state departments of ag, the federal government, and stakeholders. so pedro, our nmembers are the commissioners, secretaries, and directors of agriculture in all 50 states and four tear tors. in that role, they're the chief ag negotiator, a co-regulator with the federal government, also an agrucultural ambassador. >> you deal with policy decisions. does this farm bill being debated in congress in your mind a sound policy decision? >> we need a farm bill. yeah, this is good

pelosi: yesterday, we passed the farm bill, the bill that really is brought together in the senate in a bipartisan way. unfortunately, the republicans almost loft it on the farm bill because of some of the provisions they had for feeding the american people, nutrition programs and the rest took democratic votes to help them pass the farm bill. and it is a bill that is much needed for our farmers and ranchers. it has a strong nutrition part to it and it has strong bipartisan support. there were only 47 votes against it in the house of representatives. unfortunately, we are hearing now that the president may undermine the will of congress by doing executive order to take food out of the mouths of babies and families in our country as well as undermining the forestry parts of the legislation. again, we tried to make progress in a bipartisan way and the president will try to undermine that legislation. on a separate note, we have had some success in our me too legislation and house and senate have come together and still have things we want for the house. but we have a great compromise. i

the farm bill doubles the amount of farmers that they can borrow to expand and improve their farms. it expends and goes all over rural broadband. we are doing broadband. everyone wanted it so badly. it's amazing how sophisticated the whole farm industry has become. but it expands rural broadband, and dedicates additional resources to fight the opioid crisis. a tremendous crisis that we have it down about 18%, but it's just not acceptable. it's an incredible problem for our country. it opens new markets for american agriculture all over the world. in addition to signing this critical legislation, today i am directing my administration to take immediate action on welfare reform. thanks to our thriving economy, we have already lifted more than 4.6 million americans off the food stamp roll since the election. and more work remains to be done. a lot more work remains to be done, but it's been incredible the strides that we've made. and i will say, it's really because of the fact that the economy is doing so well, and the farms now are being lifted. and again, i'll go back to president xi

the taxpayer. this is a budget-neutral bill. and most important, this farm bill provides our ranchers, our farmers, and other rural stakeholders in kansas throughout the country with much-needed certainty and predictability. simply put, this bill -- getting this bill done has taken a team effort, and i would like to my staff -- and they are as followr staff director, donita murray, janae brady, greg klein, haley donahue, matt harrison, chance huntley, chu wang, chelsea keys, sara little, kurt mann, andy resendes, katherine thomas, and andrew velocity. and in my office, jackie catrell, amber kirchoffer, morgan anderson, stacy daniels, and ray price. those are folks in my personal office. i especially want to thank the distinguished ranking member, senator stabenow, and her team led by joe schulze and jacqueline snyder. she has been a great partner throughout the senate and conference committee process. there are some tough days, but we both work together to get the job done. and i am also grateful to chairman mike conoway and ranking mum colin peterson as wel

the spending bill if they run out of time. republicans caved in on their demands. to expand work requirements. backing down, the farm bill can provide. there is a lot of worry that when the democrats take over the house that they will try to expand food stamps and bog down the farm bill. republicans said, let us get it done. they are still waiting for congressional budget office scores. there is a lot of ways to do that in the bill. i am expecting it to pass before the end of the bill. host: one more item. it has a firm a bipartisan support. the effort on criminal justice reform. it is generally over in the senate, where does it stand? erik wasson: the big question is mitch mcconnell. he has stood in the way of it moving forward. president trump has not used his bully pulpit. different presidents might be able to browbeat the senate majority leader on the floor. there is some talk of providing for it in the spending bill. i don't see a big change making it onto the bill. it is looking dicey for it. host: read more about all of the issues we have talked about. erik wasson at bloomberg.com. that is where you can find

fortunately the senate took a major step yesterday by passing the farm bill. we got that much closer to delivering a big shot in the arms to farmers in rural communities across our country. along wildlife providing certainty to agricultural communities, i'm especially proud that the legislation will open a new door for farmers in kentucky and around the country to explore the full potential of industrial hemp. this is the culmination of a lot of work by a number of us here in washington but really the victory is for the growers, processors, manufacturers and consumers who stand to benefit from this growing marketplace. american hemp has a long and distinguished history. some of this very body's notable figures including thomas jefferson and henry clay are believed to have grown it. during world war ii the federal government encouraged hemp production to support the war's effort. unfortunately because of hemp's illicit cousin, marijuana, the federal government banned it altogether for generations. in the 2013 kentucky agricultural leaders showed me hemp's incred

the farm bill is over $800 billion. that's the rising cost, 80% of of that is food stamps. we spent .25% on farmers, safety net and support for rural america. but the bulk of the farm bill is on the food stamp program. here's our fundamental belief and this is why this administration is implementing this and they are basically closing the gap on what we couldn't do from a lawmaking perspective during the farm bill debate, and that is they are just trying to incentivize people to work who are work capable adults. this doesn't apply to pregnant women, the disabled, the elderly. this is about if you're able to work and you are receiving government assistance, you ought to work. in our bill we had a 20 hour work week. you could volunteer, work, or retrained. i think that's good policy for america, for our economy and, quite frankly, it's good for the people on food stamps. too many for generations of entrapped in the cycle of dependence. i think our government has aided and abetted in that because they have provided the prop

we think the farm bill is in good shape and are farm bill is well taken care of and that will be bipartisan. it will happen soon. then we have the wall. that will be the easiest of all. what do you think? maybe not? we are going to see but we will see what happens. it is not an easy situation because the democrats have a different view and i can say we have great republican support. we do not have democrats support that we're going to talk about that now. one thing i have to say is tremendous amount of wall have already been built and a lot of wall when you include the renovation of existing fences and walls, we renovated a tremendous amount and we have work. lot of in san diego we are building walls now and next to san diego we have completed a major section of wall and it has work worked well. a lot of wall has been built. we do not talk about that but we might as well start because it is being built now. we will continue and one where or another -- one way or another it is going to get built. awould like to not see government shutdown. we will see what happens over the next short period

and this should make farmers upset depending on the farm bill. they snuck into the rule for the farm bill a resolution that deprives the entire house of representatives of its constitutional right to decide when and where our soldiers should be sent in harm's way. let me sum this up. even if you think we should be involved in yemen, even if you think soldiers should go there, even if you think we should give the bombs to saudi arabia to drop on civilians, you shouldn't want to sneak that into an unrelated bill. you shouldn't want to hide that in a farm bill. what good could you be up to by hiding that in another bill? let's say you are ok in hiding it in another bill because you don't want your constituents to find out where you stand on this issue or had to vote for the farm bill, sorry. even if you're ok with hiding it in another bill, this is the wrong way to do it. last time when they snuck it, swept it under the rug, last month, they specified that the resolution wouldn't have the powers of the war powers act. wouldn't have the privileges of

one of the prime sponsor of the bill that shutdowns backpage.com. the farm bill. a lot of people didn't realize there is a provision that may be the first time in a long time we have legislated on cuba. it opens up our marketing programs within the usda for promoting products in cuba. i could go through every day stuff i think it will matter to people in north dakota and already does matter to people in north dakota. it is a record of solid accomplishments. would be possible if we were not working in a bipartisan way. >> and you are working in the senate, -- first came there, did anybody take you under their wing? i would say no. everybody is so busy. you learn by trial and error. i stepped on his toes, i will not do that again. language,se colorful during the debate on immigration reform which we passed. northerno get some border stuff. there is another accomplishment. trying to make sure we don't just focus on the southwest order. we don't ignore the northern border, which is critical. it is huge. i couldn't understand why during the immigration debate, i could n

the farm bill is moving along nicely and they will be voting on friday or so. but pretty close. and we think the farm bill is in good shape. a lot of good things happening with it. and our farmers are well taken care of. and it will be quite bipartisan and will happen pretty soon. and the wall, that will be the easiest of all. what do you think, chuck? senator schumer: it is called unding the government. president trump: it is not an easy situation, the democrats have a different view. we have great democrat shall republican support. we are going to see one thing that i do have to say tremendous amounts of wall have already been built and a lot of wall when you include the renovation of existing fences and walls. we renovated a tremendous amount and did a lot of work in san diego. and building new walls right now and right next to san diego. we completed a major section of wall and it has worked well. a lot of wall has been built. we don't talk about that. but we might as well start, because it is being built right now. big sections of wall. and we will continuity. and one way or

i wanted to talk about the farm bill. how positive that is. the wall is a tough issue. we are on opposite sides. i really think i can say border security but certainly wall. a lot of the well is built. it has been very effective. i asked for a couple of notes on that. if you look at san diego, illegal traffic dropped 92% once the wall was up. el paso. 72%legal traffic dropped and then ultimately 95% once the wall was up. in tucson, arizona illegal traffic not -- illegal traffic dropped 92%. yuma, 95 to 96%. dropped, the only reason we have any percentage where people got through is because people walk and go around areas that are not built. it drop to virtually 100% in areas where the wall is. howou want to find out effective a wall is, ask israel. wall will be every good as -- every bit as good as that if not better. a lot of wall is renovated. we have wall in very bad condition. now in a onet is tiptop shape. our military has done a fantastic job. we may not have an agreement today. we probably will not. we have an agreement on other things. nancy, would you like to s

farm income for this year is dropping by 12%. the levels we have not seen since 2002. there's hope, though. by passing the farm bill conference report we can give producers and their lenders certainty. they will know what farm policy will be in place for the next five years. we also made modest adjustments to the marketing assistance loan program, to help with cash flow after harvest and to providing marketing for u.s. commodities. there are also important enhancements to dairy policy included in the conference report. building upon investments made to the dairy safety net as part of the bipartisan budget act of 2018. we're offering new coverage levels for the first five million pounds of production, which drastically reduces premiums on certain levels for larger producers. these are just some of the many updates in the 2018 farm bill that will set our american farmers on a better path for the next five years. the 2018 farm bill strengthens the farm safety net, protects crop insurance, maintains and preserves conservation funding, improves snap program integrity and incentivizes work. and importantly, provides cert

the march omnibus bill. the final version of this bill does just that. this farm bill expands gains made in the dairy safety net, especially for small and medium-size farms. there is still a lot of challenges ahead for dairy farmers, but hopefully these provisions will help minnesota's farmers who fairing falling milk prices -- facing falling milk prices. many farmers told me they were worried about skyrocketing health care costs. health care leaders from douglas county hospital and lake region health care spoke to us about the unique health challenges facing rural communities. in minnesota we're focused on finding innovative solutions to address rural health challenges and it's clear that federal agencies need to do more to examine the barriers to the people faced to accessing care in rural communities. that's why i helped shepherd the bipartisan liaison act through the agriculture committee and i helped introduce this bill with senator doug jones of alabama and senator mike rounds of south dakota. the rural health liaison act will create a new position in the de

i wanted to talk about the farm bill, how positive that is. and i want to talk about the wall and i will tell you, it's a tough issue because we are in very opposite sides of -- i really think i can say border security but certainly, the wall. but the wall will get built. lot of the wall is built. it's been very effective. i asked for a couple of notes on that. if you look at san diego, illegal traffic dropped 92% once the wall was up. el paso, illegal traffic dropped 72%, then ultimately 95% once the wall was up. in tucson, arizona, illegal traffic dropped 92%. yuma, it dropped, illegal traffic, 95% to 96%. i mean, when i say dropped, the only reason we even have any percentage where people got through is because they walk and go around areas that aren't built. it dropped virtually 100% in the areas where the wall is. so i mean, it's very effective. if you really want to find out how effective a wall is, just ask israel. 99.9% effective. our wall will be every bit as good as that, if not better. so we have done a lot of work on the wall, a lot

the 2014 farm bill legalized hemp farming for research andt whileidn't legalize it across the board, the relaxing of laws around the sparked cbd based companies to sprout. the current farm bill would close the loop holes, paving the way for cbd-based products ton land store shelves near you. if hemp is legalized one research group estimates the market could reach $22 billion by 2022. sources say mass retailers looking into carrying the produc once legalized include wal-mart, target, costco and kroger. as well as pharmacie like cvs and wahl greens and department stories i likeorder sfroms saka blooming dales and macies. >> those are the categories that th consumer package goods industry defines. and i think well knowhe names for each of them. you can assume thate're in the process of talking to all of them if not right now shortly. >> executives at some of the biggest cbd companies inclung cv o b sciences and charlotte's web or cw hemp say they are talking to big retailers in nticipation of hemp legalization. they add the farm bill could be a game changing moment for the industry and n

the other thing, the farm bill is moving along nicely. and i guess they'll be voting on friday or so but pri close. i think the farm bill's in very good shape. a lot of good things are happening with it and our farmers are well taken care of. and again, that will be quite bipartisan and it will happen pretty soon. and then we have the easy one, the wall. that will be the one that is the easiest of all. what do you think, chuck? maybe not? >> it's called funding the government, mr. president. >> so we're going to see. i'll tell you, the wall are get built, but we'll see what happens. it is not an easy situation, because the democrats have a different view, i think, than i can say the republicans. we have great republican support. we don't have democrat support. but we're going to talk about that now. we're going to see. one thing that i do have to say is tremendous amounts of wall have already been built and a lot of, a lot of wall, when you include the renovation of existing fences and walls, we've renovated a tremendous amount. and we've

the senate bill than the house bill. what i think a lot of people don't realize is so much of the money in a farm bill is for snap, the supplementaryrition program. are you satisfied with snap not getting cut in this bill and that's okay, you're going to vote for it? >> yes, it's not getting cut. what the issue was, enforcing work requirements so people able to work are either getting training or working. there were different versions in the house and senate. we brought in the usda. sonny perdue, a lot of credit. he is helping us enforce those work requirements in a way that was able to bring people together. >> senator, i want to ask you, because this is an important bill. the farm bill should be important to every american. i think too many of us in the cities don't really pay attention to where our food comes from. so that's great. that was an example after months of struggling of a bill that's going forward as the president said, with bipartisan support. the ag secretary supports it. it stands in sharp contrast to what we just watched at the top of our show that went on in the oval office. give me your characterization of the n

if you look at the numbers across the nation, net farm income is approximately half of what it was when we passed the last farm bill. farm bankruptcies are up by 39% since 2014. financing has become more expensive. commodity prices have plummeted. input costs are rising. and the trade outlook is volatile and uncertain, to say the least. farmers across the country, regardless of where they call home or which crops that they grow, are hurting. the farm bill that congress approved last week delivers meaningful and real relief for our farmers and ranchers in these very difficult times. it's a big deal for my home state in arkansas as well as across the country. agriculture is the driving force of the natural state's economy, adding around $16 billion to our economy every year and accounting for approximately one in every six jobs. that's why agriculture advocacy groups in arkansas were very excited when we passed the final version. the arkansas farm bureau said it was, and i quote, pleased that congress has recognized how important the new farm bill is to the hardworking farmers and ranchers of this country, end quote,

one of the prime sponsor of the bill that shutdowns backpage.com. the farm bill. a lot of people didn't realize there is a provision that may be the first time in a long time we have legislated on cuba. it opens up our marketing programs within the usda for promoting products in cuba. i could go through every day stuff i think it will matter to people in north dakota and already does matter to people in north dakota. it is a record of pretty solid accomplishments, none of which would be possible if we were not working in a bipartisan way. >> when you first came to anybody takeid you under their wing? sen. heitkamp: i would say no. >> nobody? sen. heitkamp: everybody is so busy. you learn by trial and error. i stepped on his toes, i will not do that again. if i can use colorful language, during the debate on immigration reform, which we passed. i tried to get some northern border stuff. there is another accomplishment. trying to make sure we don't just focus on the southwest order. that we don't ignore the northern border, which is critical. it is huge. i couldn't u

they just staged the people for the signing of the farm bill. xpecting the president will discuss that at some point. prior to that, our guidance from the wide house is as follows: the president will first discuss the matters at hand, specifically the potential shut down of the federal government in the wake of a dispute over whether there will be $5 billion in funding for a wall on the southern border. we'll go there immediately. president trump facing criticism from some lawmakers in his own party and america's main ally in syria after he decided to withdraw hundreds of u.s. troops from that country. the kurds, our partners in this that fight with us in afghanistan and here in syria, the kurds say the move will create a political and military void in the region and leave its people between the claws of enemy forces. the republican senator lindsey graham says president trump's claim that the u.s. has defeated the islamic state is not true. his own generals say it's false. those running the war say, it is not true. he also says an american withdr

the food bill -- farm bill. joining us from the senate side is senator john hoeven of north dakota, aim member of the agriculture -- a member of the agriculture committee. when it comes to the final project your site is working on, how satisfied are you? guest: it is a good farm bill and we will get it done. we build on the existing farm bill. we build on its strengths and improved it and try to add flexibility. it is a good product. host: when it comes to strengths and flexibility, give examples of that within the current bill. guest: number one, risk management. number two is crop insurance. we keep crop insurance in tact as we have it. then we have the safety net, which is our risk coverage. i think we made improvements in both of those areas and more flexibility for farmers. research is important. trade promotion and other areas

the u.s. house of representatives through some shady political maneuvering tucked into a farm bill ended that was able to pull off having to follow in the senate's footsteps and u.s. involvement in yemen essentially throwing a wrench into the gears of peace to help us shed light on where things now stand on saudi arabia yemen and what the future will bring we recently sat down with just foreign policy it's a song l. tell you tell you one of the hard working citizens who actually help premium and legislation to a vote on the senate floor is the first part this fascinating interview. so i want to thank you for coming on the show today and i want to start by observing that it has been a very very up and few weeks politically for the the plight of yemen here in washington d.c. after the offsetting votes that we saw between the senate and the house where do things currently stand in the u.s. congress on the u.s. involvement in the war you know you know well it's been a historic week in one nine hundred seventy three call has passed the war powers resolution and in that time it's never actually pass

we need the farm bill, so i vote for the rule. leadership says vote for the bill. but there were a lot of republicans who defected, a surprising number who defected on the rule. you cut off the debate on it. it just seems to me so bizarre and disingenuous and the opposite of what you want in a vibrant democracy, which is just pass a rule that doesn't have this blockage and pass the farm bill. >> agreed, totally bizarre. i didn't like it. moving forward, chris, i want to try and be helpful to the discussion here and the issue is going to be as follows. what we really actually need to do in yemen in terms of getting more clarity and determine what our role is going to be, if any, is something that will probably fall outside the war powers resolution. so -- and by the way, the president would have vetoed this anyway and i'm not sure we get two-thirds in the house and the senate to do it, but the real function here is a stand-alone bill. because the constitutional argument is, and i think it's the correct one, is that what we actually need to decide whether we're going

the difference between now and january. new congress and you have that. in that recent farm bill that you mentioned a person that provision that was in sirte as you said essentially says we won't vote on this until the new congress when confronted wife you voted yes because there were a number of democrats who voted yes when confronted on the house democrat of minnesota collin peterson stated he said we've worked for two years on this farm bill and i'll be damned if i let anyone screw it up when asked about yemen he exclaimed i don't know a damn thing about it and it shouldn't be there in the for it shouldn't be in there and it it didn't do anything anyway what would you say to educate congressman peterson and others on why we need to take action and why there was nothing of the farm bill was threatened by this you know this well that's a lot. so he certainly should have known about it because they had a vote on it just a few weeks prior and each color is one thirty eight same bill and that was you know the house didn't know the rules trick with the stuff inside the manager was t

joe: the 2018 farm bill. stors who want the peace of the cannabis market are eyeing the possibility of formal listings on the u.s. exchanges like the nasdaq. here to explain how had companies are positioning themselves is christine who has followed the story. she joins us in person. what could happen with the farm bill that would change the legal status of hemp in this country? >> the farm bill will make hemp -- legal crosss states and allow extracts from hemp, namely cbd, which is the non-intoxicating cousin of thc, thought to have anti-inflammatory abilities, pain easing, helps the sleeplessness, etc.. this is a first step toward legalizing cannabis or the least troublesome of the canal noise. the exchanges have a strict hemp and cannabis related companies with u.s. operations from lifting because they don't want to touch anything violating federal law. with the farm bill, if the law this potentially sets a model for cannabis listing down the road. romaine: canada has been the biggest beneficiary of this bec

winners in the bill. >> woodruff: another part of the bill that got attention is the food stamps, the so-called snap program. tell us how the bill changesth . >> the spending makes up for 80% of the farml's funding, and there was a huge fight over whether there should be more woquirements. the food stamp program or snapil reaches 42on people, but there will be no changes that could mean cuts in that program. some conservatives wanted to add work requirements that would have led to fewer people getting those benefits, but thawon't happen in this bill. instead, judy, as learned from s multipurces on both sides of the capitol, that the secretary of agriculture is expected to get administrative power to launch a new rule that could mean more people especially in cities and towns might have to abide by workin requirementsther words, cities couldn't opt out to have the work requirements. we will have to watch for that.r >> wf: of course, it's a farm bill, but there is also language that addss wildfires. so tell us about that. >> this is pivotal. therneare som provisions happened over the last year that happened over better use, better guaranteed funding to fight wildfires. but, judy, what's