WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today took to the Senate floor to highlight the efforts of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, to complete the Farm Bill, the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act . In his remarks, Durbin asked Stabenow, who was also on the Senate floor, about several aspects of the Farm Bill, which must be passed or extended by the end of December to prevent agricultural policy from reverting to Depression-era mandates. “Those of us who serve in the United States Senate know that as Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, she not only walks the walk, she talks the talk. She has shown her own expertise in achieving that goal and her understanding of a very complex piece of legislation,” Durbin said of Stabenow. After emphasizing that the current Farm Bill expires at the end of December, Durbin asked Stabenow, “Would you
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