I yield myself such time as I may utilize. (Mr. DICKS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

First of all, I would like to again thank the chairman for his great work and the work of the staff. The President did lay out the rationale for why we got involved in Libya. He said that we were there to help protect the Libyan people…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from North Carolina will be postponed. Amendment No. 20 Offered by Ms. Woolsey

It's your amendment, sir. I didn't get up here and offer an amendment that would cut funding.

I will revise my words and make sure that it will not be an insult to the gentleman. I appreciate him withdrawing his point of order. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Washington may revise his remarks. There was no…

Will the gentleman yield? Mr. McGOVERN. I yield to the gentleman from Washington.

I would just say to the Chair and to the author of the amendment, who's a doctor, a medical doctor, remember the Hippocratic oath: Do no harm. This amendment, if it is enacted, will deny millions of people getting food. Millions of…

We've already cut this program by 38 percent below the President's budget request and 31 percent below last year. That is a major cut in this program. To go any further, I think, would be a big mistake. I thank the gentleman for yielding…

Reclaiming my time, I just want to point out, also at the White House picnic, if you walked far enough down, you could see the garden with fresh vegetables and everything that was being grown. It had a label about what was what. Again, I…

The requested increase for FY 2012 is needed in order to implement the measures put forward in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform bill and provide oversight and regulation of the options and futures markets that wrought such havoc on our…

I appreciate the gentleman from California yielding. With an allocation that cuts $2.9 billion below the current level and $5 billion below the amount requested by the Obama administration for the next fiscal year, the subcommittee has…

I just want to mention a program called Pets for Patriots. I happened to have attended an event here just about a week ago where there is a national organization being created to get pets for our returning veterans and especially for some…