Baucus backs farm disaster assistance continuation, says Senate should write new farm bill first
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., said today that the permanent farm disaster assistance program he authored in the 2008 farm bill must be continued in the 2012 farm bill, and that it would make sense for the Senate to write the bill first, since members of the House Agriculture Committee are so inexperienced.
In a speech to the U.S. Meat Export Federation, Baucus also said that the pending trade agreements with Korea, Panama and Colombia must be passed together with trade adjustment assistance for American workers.
In a speech to the U.S. Meat Export Federation, Baucus also said that the pending trade agreements with Korea, Panama and Colombia must be passed together with trade adjustment assistance for American workers.
