Senate Proceeding on Jul 31st, 2009 :: 0:05:50 to 0:08:55
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Herb Kohl: substitute a 5:30 on monday, august 3. and if cloture is invoked, postcloture time be considered to he begun as been invoked a further, that the mandatory quorums required be waive and desk be filed by

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Speech By: Herb Kohl

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Herb Kohl: monday.

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Herb Kohl: -- without objection. colorado mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from d. mr. hl: mr. president? the presiding ficer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. kohl: i'd like to talk about something that's happening down at the usda now. secretary vilsack is announcing changes to the dairy product price support program. i'd like to commendim for his diligence and persistence and

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Herb Kohl: his willingness to keep pushing on this. wisconsin is home to more dairy farms than any other state in the union. we produce 2.1 billion pounds of milk each month, about half the state's $51 billion agriculture economy is directly tied to dairy. when the dairy sector hurts, wisconsin hurtds.

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Herb Kohl: and i will say dairy across america is very, very acute right now. from january through angers the price of milk paid to dairy farmers has been about $4.80 per 1-weight below the cost of production. dairy producers have lost $3.9 billion in equity in five months. at risk is the long-term

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Herb Kohl: stability of the descrirks the nation's milk production infrastructure, and thousands of rural communities. with senator leahy and a number of our colleagues, we have pushed to challenges. in the last farm bill we extended the basic safety net for dairy producers, and we strengthened it with something

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Herb Kohl: called a fee-cost adjustor. in the economic recovery bill, we added credit to help producers survive. at the same time, the secretary has worked to boost exports and provide more dairy products for nutrition programs. all of these together they reflect literally a billion dollar effort to address a crisis that dairy producers in every corner

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Herb Kohl: of the country. but over the past several weeks in hearings and letters and personal have been a part of, there is a growing appreciation at that more needs to be done. and today the is take the next august through october he is adjusting the dairy product price support program

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Herb Kohl: that will yield an estimated $243 million in revenue