at this rate 2007 will be long gone before they settle the farm bill for
this year,

yet another release received tonight:

News from the House Agriculture Committee

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Media Contacts:
April Demert Slayton (202) 225-6872
Scott Kuschmider (202) 225-1496

Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson
Statement on the Ways and Means Committee's Offset to Increase Nutrition
Programs in the 2007 Farm Bill

"At every turn, the Bush Administration and Republican Leadership have
done their best to stall progress on the 2007 Farm Bill.

Mischaracterizing the offset that will expand nutrition benefits for
working families is just the latest attempt to derail this Farm
Bill, despite broad support for the bill from farm, conservation,
nutrition, energy, specialty crop and renewable energy groups.

Apparently, the Bush Administration and some in the Republican
leadership care more about defending the ability of foreign companies
to exploit a loophole in the U.S. tax system than they do about
supporting the hardworking families and farmers in this country. I
hope that they will reconsider their opposition and join us in
supporting this Farm Bill that represents a new direction for
agriculture policy.

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The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture web site
http://agriculture.house.gov has additional information on this and
other subjects.