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 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Two members of the U.S. Senate's agriculture committee vow to fight proposed cuts in farm subsidies, despite resistance from urban lawmakers and other countries.
"The fact is, there are fewer and fewer members of Congress representing rural states or districts that depend on an agriculturally based economy, not to mention fewer and fewer members of Congress that actually have a direct relationship with production agriculture," said Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln.
Lincoln, a farmer's daughter, and Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss, whose son-in-law is a farmer, spoke Wednesday at a farm bill forum sponsored by the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.
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