It invests $1.7 billion in agricultural research to develop the new technology that will be used by farms in the next five to ten years. to solve the projected shortfall in crop insurance funding. and to support the Fund for Rural America. The nations LandGrant Universities work with the USDA on issues ranging from the international competitiveness of our family farms. to new food borne illness problems. to ground water contamination. We need to support their efforts with a robust research budget in line with other agencies research budgets. This bill puts us on the track to do that. and I support it. I am also pleased to speak in strong support of the provisions of this bill restoring food stamps to legal immigrants. Mr. President.
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