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This page contains letters signed by elected officials,
usually written to the President or relevant members of Congress.
The National Governors Association supports a comprehensive review of agricultural policy to ensure that farm programs incorporate the most efficient means to promote a healthy and prosperous economy for America’s farmers and ranchers.Attached is NGA’s statement [in which] we provide our comments to the Draft Farm Bill Concept Paper and the general recommendations of the Governors on the 2002 Farm Bill. They include: - support for farmer assistance programs that provide the maximum amount of flexibility to producers and that include counter-cyclical assistance;
- recommendations to include incentives for working lands conservation and to strengthen states’ role in the delivery of resource conservation dollars;
- simplification of state level program operations of the Food Stamp Program; and
- recommendations to the rural development programs within the farm bill.
We appreciate the opportunity to provide our views, and look forward to working with Congress to develop and implement a farm policy that truly reflects our nation’s needs.
- Topic: Jobs
- Headline: Full review of farm policy; more state flexibility
(Score: 0)
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
Democrats
participating in 01-NGA20 |
| Jim Hodges |
s1a | SC00 Former Democratic |
| Tom Vilsack |
s1a | IA Former Democrat |
Republicans
participating in 01-NGA20 |
| Frank Keating |
s1a | OK00 Former Republican |
| Bob Taft |
s1a | OH Former Republican |
Independents
participating in 01-NGA20 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
2
Republicans:
2
Independents:
0 |
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