It needs to follow the statute for all portions there, because that will strengthen the market and the demand for the grain inputs.

I believe that it should be strengthened and not made more difficult.

We need the security of knowing year-to-year what is going to be the volumes, so that infrastructure can be built.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, you are going to hear today and we have a series of bills, many of them historic in nature, many of them--all of them-- worked in a bipartisan manner. There has been…

Mr. Speaker, I again urge Members to support this smart piece of legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1530

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2749, as amended, the Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act. I thank General Bergman and Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire for…

Madam Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have left. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Tenney). The gentleman from Minnesota has 9 minutes remaining.

Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. Esty), my good friend and a stalwart supporter of veterans, the ranking member of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee.

Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from the Northern Mariana Islands (Mr. Sablan), my good friend, a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, and the voice of our Pacific Island veterans.

Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Khanna), a true supporter of veterans and new Member of the House who came with a passion for veterans.

Madam Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano), the vice ranking member of the full Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Takano), the vice ranking member of the full Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would just like to respond to the chairman. I, too, have not made the argument on privatization. I do not believe that is the goal here. I do not believe that is what we talked…

Madam Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have left. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Minnesota has 8 minutes remaining.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Panetta), one of the coauthors of this bill and a veteran himself and a champion of veterans since he has been in Congress.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 2781. As said, the bill would require the VA Secretary and the General Services Administration to increase the number of veteran-owned small…

Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of this good piece of legislation that is doing the right thing, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Once again, you heard from members of the committee, and Members of this House about an important piece of legislation. This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to meet with my…