required to return home. And once they’ve “touched back” at home, they should be able to reapply for their visa and return to their job. We also need to make it clear
that, while we support a practical guest worker program, we don’t support blanket amnesty. Amnesty and citizenship are not the same as a guest worker program and should be treated differently. And we need to repeat that border security is crucial to any immigration reform and that a practical and effective guest worker program will help re- duce the fl ood of illegal immigrants crossing over.
Farm Bill Congress has yet to produce a
Farm Bill. This is a problem because important research funding and voluntary conservation programs will expire at the end of September
if Congress does not act. We expect Congress to pass an-
other extension of the 2008 Farm Bill, but the bottom line is ranch- ers need a new 5-year Farm Bill to provide stability within the cattle industry. We need a bill that will maintain important conservation programs, specifi cally the Environ- mental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). EQIP provides incentives to ranchers who voluntarily enter into conservation partnerships with the federal government. We need a Farm Bill that re-
tains the important research title. The research title is used to fund critical scientifi c studies to improve the health, well-being and sustain- ability of the U.S. cattle industry. TSCRA strongly supports a research title because it provides research dollars for studies to help fight emerging diseases, discover new
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production practices and improve environmental stewardship, all of which are critical to the success of the U.S. cattle industry. These are all good things, and
TSCRA strongly supports a Farm Bill that encompasses each of these. We encourage you to ask your elect- ed offi cials to vote in favor of the proposed bill. These are just 2 of the big issues
happening in Washington that will affect the way we do business on our ranches. It is critical our leaders in Congress continue to hear from TSCRA members in their districts. While we fi ght for the cattle indus- try in Washington, we must seize every chance to promote common sense laws and regulations that sup- port free enterprise, private property rights and protection of natural re- sources.
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