Audio, Congress, House August 2, 2012

Pelosi Says Farm Bill Substitute A Symbol Of An Ineffective Congress

During her weekly press conference Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that a legislative package to provide relief for farmers affected by the drought is a sign of how ineffective the GOP controlled Congress has become.

Noting that the legislation fell short of a comprehensive Farm Bill, which was removed from the House docket earlier this week, Pelosi described her colleagues on the other side of the aisle as a “do-nothing Republican Congress.”

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