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[Page: H8571]  GPO's PDF
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   (Mr. OSBORNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

   Mr. OSBORNE. Mr. Speaker, I am relatively new here, and I am surprised at the pace at which legislation moves at times. I am particularly amazed that legislation critical to the national well-being is not moving in the other body.

   Much has been said about inaction on the economic stimulus package and the energy bill . I would like to call attention this morning to a bill that has gone largely unnoticed and that is the farm bill . The agriculture economy has been in dire straits not for just the past 2 or 3 months, but for the last 5 years. We have been losing thousands of farmers each year, almost no young people are going into agriculture, and three-fourths of U.S. farms rely on off-the-farm income. A new farm bill is critical.

   The House farm bill passed this body 3 months ago. A farm bill passed this year will, number one, save thousands of farmers ; and, number two, will ensure that we have an adequate budget.

   The other body needs to act and needs to act now on several pieces of legislation, but particularly on a farm bill .