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| https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-statement-house-passage-five-year-farm-bill | Greg Walden statement on House passage of a five year farm bill | 2014-01-29 | 2014 | 2014-01 | Republican | House | OR | Greg Walden | W000791 | walden.house.gov | legacy | Greg Walden statement on House passage of a five year farm bill Click here or on the image below to watch Walden's video message WASHINGTON, DC The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a five year farm bill that provides support for Oregon's farmers, ranchers, and rural communities while reforming programs to save taxpayer dollars. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) supported the plan, and released a video message explaining his support. A transcript is below: With House passage of a five year farm bill, we finally have some certainty out on the farm. I spent my early years on a cherry orchard in The Dalles, so I know how important it is to provide our farmers and ranchers with that certainty. This reform-minded legislation ensures an adequate safety net for producers, while also reducing spending by $16 billion dollars. We reduce fraud in the food stamp program and we increase assistance for food banks. This legislation contains strong support for vital agriculture research that fights disease and pests in everything from onions to pears to potatoes. And it permanently reauthorizes and provides retroactive disaster funding for livestock producers, like those who lost grazing land and livestock to fires across eastern and southern Oregon. And it provides some regulatory relief, both for our foresters and our farmers. I look forward to the Senate passing the farm bill and the President signing it into law. The legislation is part of a compromise between the House and the Senate. It is expected to be passed by the Senate in the coming days and be signed into law by the President. Highlights of the Plan Fully funds PILT (Payments in Lieu of Taxes) payments to Oregon counties through 2014. Saves $16 billion in mandatory spending, including reforms to the food stamp program and ending direct payments to growers. Provides full funding for disaster assistance for livestock producers, including retroactive funding for ranchers impacted by wildfires across eastern Oregon in 2012 Reauthorizes and provides strong support for competitive specialty crop research that has a proven track record of a high return on investment. Reduces fraud and waste in nutrition programs and helps ensure that those who receive food stamps are actually eligible for them, while providing additional $205 million for food banks. Consolidates 23 duplicative conservation programs into 13, cutting red tape and saving taxpayer dollars. Requires FDA to analyze the economic impact of proposed food safety rules that would dramatically impact Oregon's fruit and vegetable growers. Provides regulatory relief to foresters facing overreaching EPA regulations on forest roads. Requires the Department of Labor to consult with USDA and report to Congress on the abusive use of hot good orders, like those used against Oregon blueberry growers during the summer of 2012 and recently overturned in court. For more information on the plan, courtesy of the House Agriculture Committee, please click here. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |