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I believe there to be a set of basic guiding principles that should direct Congress’s work on the Farm Bill.

Foremost, we must recognize that U.S. agriculture is an intricate component of our jobs, economy, and national security. Basing arguments and legislative proposals on pure emotion and skewed statistics is reckless and opens the door to both ill-advised policy and a litany of unintended consequences. I encourage my colleagues to put aside preconceived notions about farm policy and start with one basic idea: agriculture matters.

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