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Grassley, Dorgan Keep Heat on Senate to Include Legitimate Payment Limits in Farm Bill

Press Release

Date: Sept. 6, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Agriculture and Food


GRASSLEY, DORGAN KEEP HEAT ON SENATE TO INCLUDE LEGITIMATE PAYMENT LIMITS IN FARM BILL

Senator Chuck Grassley has continued to pressure the Senate Agriculture Committee to include reasonable and legitimate payment limits in the farm bill that is expected to soon be debated in the Committee. Grassley, along with Senator Byron Dorgan, sent a letter to Committee members.

"The House's attempt at payment limit reform is far short of what's needed. There are enough loopholes in the bill that a person can actually increase the amount of subsidy one can get," Grassley said. "The Senate needs to take a leadership role on this issue and take action that actually means something."

Grassley and Dorgan are authors of legislation that would close loopholes in the farm program which allows some mega-farms and corporate farms to collect seven-figure government checks each year. The legislation, known as the Rural America Preservation Act, would set a limit of $250,000 for farm payments in an attempt to better target farm program payments to family farmers.

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