{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-outlines-hoosier-priorities-for-farm-bill-conference", "Donnelly Outlines Hoosier Priorities for Farm Bill Conference", "2013-10-31", "2013", "2013-10", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Joe Donnelly", "D000607", "www.donnelly.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Donnelly Outlines Hoosier Priorities for Farm Bill Conference\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, October 31, 2013\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWashington, D.C. \u2013 Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN), member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today sent a letter outlining his priorities in the 2013 farm bill conference to leaders of the conference committee, emphasizing issues of importance to Hoosiers.\u00a0\r\nDonnelly wrote, \u201cMy top priorities have always been to strengthen Indiana\u2019s economy and help create Hoosier jobs. The importance of agriculture to those priorities is nearly impossible to overstate. In my home state of Indiana, around 150,000 people are employed in well-paying agricultural jobs and use their hard work and ingenuity to contribute over $30 billion in economic activity each year\u2026 For these hardworking individuals, it is past time for Congress to pass a five-year farm bill.\u201d\r\nDonnelly urged the conference committee to provide a basic level of crop insurance coverage for advanced biofuel crops.\u00a0 Donnelly authored this amendment, adopted during the Senate consideration of the farm bill. \u00a0He also advocated strongly to the conference committee that they provide full, mandatory funding for bioenergy programs, so Indiana farmers can continue to improve their ability to produce biofuels that improve our energy security.\u00a0\r\n\r\nDonnelly also expressed support for a bipartisan amendment to improve the availability of conservation technical assistance to farmers, potentially broadening the adoption of practices that conserve water, reduce runoff, and improve yields.\u00a0 He emphasized the importance of a reasonable safety net that protects producers from natural disasters and sharp market downturns, without distorting market demand and production.\r\n\r\nTo read the full letter sent by Senator Donnelly, click here.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\t\tContact: Donnelly_Press@Donnelly.Senate.Gov", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-outlines-hoosier-priorities-for-farm-bill-conference"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4355529565364122, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}