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ROB MCCLENDON: WELL PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND HIS SECRETARY OF
AGRICULTURE TOM VILSACK ARE TAKING AIM AT REPUBLICAN LEADERS FOR
HEADING HOME TO CAMPAIGN BEFORE PASSING THE 2012 FARM BILL.
SPEAKING TO FARMERS AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN WASHINGTON,
DC, AGRICULTURE SECRETARY TOM VILSACK SAYS CONGRESS NEEDS TO PASS A NEW FARM
BILL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
TOM VILSACK: THERE IS NO MORE IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT ANY
MEMBER OF CONGRESS CAN WORK ON FOR RURAL AMERICA, FOR FARMERS, PRODUCERS,
AND RANCHERS THAN PASSAGE OF A FARM BILL THIS MONTH.
THE CREDIT, THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE, THE EXPORT PROMOTION, THE
CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE, THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT, THE ENERGY
COMPONENT, IT'S ALL AT RISK BECAUSE ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, THE 2008 FARM BILL
EXPIRES.
ROB: VILSACK SAYS THE LACK OF A NEW FARM BILL AFFECTS FARMERS AND RANCHERS
ABILITIES TO MAKE PLANS FOR THEIR OPERATIONS.
VILSACK: THE RISK WE RUN IS NOT HAVING CERTAINTY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AS YOU ALL
ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT WE'LL HAVE ANY KIND OF DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR
THOSE POOR LIVESTOCK GUYS AND THE DAIRY GUYS AND THE SPECIALTY CROP PRODUCERS
THAT ARE STRUGGLING.
ROB: NOW, WHEN WE RETURN WE'LL HEAR FROM ONE OF THOSE REPUBLICAN LEADERS
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS BEING CRITICAL OF.