State of the Agricultural Economy: Hearing Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, July 30, 1998U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 - 199 pages |
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1996 farm bill acreage acres administration agricultural economy AMTA payments Asian Asian financial crisis average bushel Chairman COMBEST committee commodity prices CONGRES CONGRESS THE LIBRARY costs cotton crisis crop insurance decline demand EARL POMEROY economic FAIR Act farm income farm program farmers and ranchers fast track Federal Freedom to Farm funding going grain growers HARL impact important increased International Monetary Fund issue land values legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRESS livestock loan rates long-term look losses low prices marketing loan ments million MINGE Minnesota National North Dakota oilseeds percent planted POMEROY President problems projected RARY regions response RESS risk management sanctions SCHUMACHER Secretary GLICKMAN sector situation SKEES soybeans STENHOLM subsidies talking Ted Winter Texas Thank things tion trade transition payments U.S. agriculture USDA weather wheat yields
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Page 131 - The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Page 25 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you for holding this hearing. I think this is more than the gentleman from Washington indicates.
Page 95 - ... can work together to produce beneficial results for all stakeholders. Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, I greatly appreciate your leadership on this issue and look forward to working with you as this crucial piece of legislation moves forward to final passage. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have at the appropriate time. [The prepared statement of Mr. Brooks follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF JOSEPH E. BROOKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY OF RICHMOND, ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL...
Page 27 - I thank you again for holding this hearing and I look forward to the testimony of the witnesses.
Page 139 - Congress lay down specific guidelines and restraints on the agencies that are to administer the laws and are given the power to adopt rules and regulations. Environmental impact statements have become burdensome and costly and should be balanced by consideration of the economic impact of proposed regulations; "We believe it is time to bring these agencies under better control.
Page 34 - Jeff declared that they intended to "fly off the cliff and that they meant to kill themselves. The others were skeptical but the minor affirmed their seriousness, stating "You don't believe us that we are going to do it. We are going to do it. You can read it in the paper tomorrow.
Page 61 - I am firmly convinced that this is one of the most important things that we can do to protect the kind of society and government in which we have prospered and progressed.
Page 32 - And it may be that price decline has been so rapid in some areas that we didn't do as good a job as we should have in terms of explaining this program to producers.
Page 10 - Congress should take quick emergency action to pass supplemental crop insurance, a compensation program for farmers and ranchers whose productive land continues to be under water, and extended authority for the livestock disaster program.