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Food, Conservation, and Energy Security Act of 2008--Veto Message from the President of the United States

Date: May 21, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Conservative Agriculture and Food Energy


FOOD, CONSERVATION, AND ENERGY SECURITY ACT OF 2008--VETO MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 110-115) -- (House of Representatives - May 21, 2008)

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Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote to override the President's veto. As I told you a few days ago, not everything in this bill do I love. But the fact of the matter is, I love rural America. And production agriculture and those small towns and all those good people who live out there who work the land and raise the stock, provide the food and fiber that feeds and clothes us all. And they know that we need a comprehensive farm bill. They know how important it is that we provide the resources to meet the needs of this country.

Now, 75 percent of this bill goes to the food stamp program, the feeding programs. They understand that in rural America. They want to make sure all of our fellow citizens have enough to eat.

But they also know that they fight the weather, they're paying more for diesel and fertilizer and inputs than they ever have or they may ever again. But they want to raise those crops, and they want a comprehensive farm bill that provides a reasonable amount of safety net to allow them to work with their bankers and financiers.

Vote to override the veto for the future of rural America.

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