Capitol Hill Briefing 

# Freeing the Farm: A Farm Bill for All Americans 

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Date and Time 

May 23, 2007 12 - 1:30 PM EDT 

Location 

SR-325 Russell Senate Office Building 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring **Sen. John Sununu** (R, NH) and **Sallie James**, Cato Institute. 

The 2007 farm bill will be written at a crucial time. Budgetary pressures, the foundering Doha Round of trade negotiations, and record-high prices for many commodities all point to the need for serious reform of U.S. agricultural policy. Although many reform proposals have been put forward in anticipation of the new farm bill, none so far has questioned the very premise of interfering in rural markets and supporting a chosen few.

A new Cato Institute study calculates the high cost that American consumers and taxpayers have borne over the last 20 years to support farmers and advocates ending farm subsidies and market distortions once and for all. Has the time come to entirely rethink U.S. agricultural policy?

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