Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) welcomed the huge American Farm Bureau crowd of farmers and ranchers from around the country to his “sunny, warm” home state. “Y’all from North Dakota and Montana brought your weather with you,” he joked, as a winter weather watch is in effect for the deep south with the potential for ice and snow over night.
Chambliss, who is ranking Republican on the Senate Ag Committee, told the AFBF annual meeting that he will be holding hearings around the country in the coming year as Congress begins to write the 2012 Farm Bill. “This is going to be the most difficult farm bill that we’ve ever had to write,” he said. “But the good news is that when look at American agriculture today, it’s as healthy as it’s ever been in my lifetime.”
Listen to or download the senator’s remarks here: Senator Saxby Chambliss