Georgia Congressman Austin Scott is the vice chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, right behind Chairman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson in the Republican majority. Scott remains optimistic the farm bill will get across the finish line this year. “The one caveat to that would be Senator (Chuck) Schumer; if the Democrats did win (the majority in the November election), I think that he would pull back and not allow the bill to go forward until they had control of the committee.” During Farmfest, Scott told RRFN he believes the Republicans will ultimately control the House and the Senate in the next term, but admits margins are tight. “We are in the middle of primary season and primaries get a little crazier than general elections sometimes. As you know in Minnesota, but once the primaries are over, there will be an opportunity there.”
