Rescheduling Ag Committee's Reconciliation Meeting

Rescheduling Ag Committee's Reconciliation Meeting

"We did achieve the difficult balance for conservation and food stamp spending and among program crops; however, some committee senators said they were concerned at the cost of extending the MILC program at the expense of other commodity programs.

There is strong support for this counter-cyclical dairy program among both parties within this committee, but it does not appear there is the support that is necessary.

This committee is still required to choose where $3 billion in 5-year deficit reduction cuts will come from. As a committee, we must participate with other committees that are cutting the budget, or we lose the right to choose our cuts when the Congress votes on budget reconciliation."

- Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

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