The top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee told members he and other leaders are pressing for a lame duck farm bill deal in a letter obtained by Bloomberg Government.

Speaker Mike Johnson tried to add a year-long extension of the farm bill to House Republicans’ continuing resolution but Agriculture Chairman GT Thompson (R-Pa.) objected, ranking member David Scott (D-Ga.) said in the letter. The chairman isn’t interested in an extension and sees a path to a full bill this year, spokesperson Ben Goldey confirmed.

“I agree with the Chairman here,” Scott wrote.

“We need pressure to come together” on the mammoth legislation, which spans five years, Scott added. By objecting to another one-year extension — the same amount of time lawmakers tacked onto the deadline last year — agriculture leaders are projecting confidence in the possibility of a bipartisan agreement before the end of this Congress. The ranking member said the bill could likely be attached to must-pass legislation such as the National Defense Authorization Act or a year-end omnibus.

Scott and Thompson previously sparred over the Republican’s proposed bill, which a few Democratic members of the committee defected to support. Any lame duck farm bill would need to be bipartisan to make it through the Democratic Senate and White House.

“I would love to do a Farm Bill tomorrow,” Senate Agriculture Ranking Member John Boozman (R-Ark.) said of the letter. “The willingness to go forward, I think, is really encouraging.”