date:Jun 05, 2012
We've not made changes as of this point, Stabenow told reporters Monday.
Stabenow said she talked to a group of rice farmers by telephone last week. They wanted to continue existing commodity programs, she said, and she told them she was open to identifying ways to make the Senate bill's new Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) program work for them.
With the huge deficit we have in this country, we can't afford to just have a government check, she said.
My goal as chairwoman is to be fair to