WASHINGTON, D.C. (RFD-TV) — Senate lawmakers are back in Washington following the summer recess, with agriculture lawmakers hoping to see quick action on the farm bill.
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley says he expects the bill to move out of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
“Even though the bill is not out of the Senate Ag Committee yet, because I think it will be out of the Senate Ag Committee when we get back and McConnell’s back in the Senate, and then we can work these differences out ahead of time and not have the long process of going to conference committee between the House and the Senate.”
Grassley says it is time for Congress to pass a five-year farm bill, noting it was supposed to be completed three years ago.
The current agricultural economy has been operating under extensions of the 2018 Farm Bill since it expired.
Sell previously helped shape the 2002 Farm Bill and is expected to pursue a seat on the House Agriculture Committee.
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