At this point, I will yield 3 minutes to the chairman of the Science Committee, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hall).

I might just say we are prepared to close. If the gentleman from California is going to be the final speaker and is prepared to close, we can get to the amendments.

I wish to thank my friend from Montana, who, by the way, is a farmer. I have called him more than one time in Montana, and he has said: I am in the field. I am getting off the tractor. So he speaks with great authority. And the answer is…

The Senator raises a very important question because economic certainty means that farmers and ranchers are going to be able to know what is happening next year and can go to the bank and get those operating loans and plan for next year…

I first wish to thank Senator Harkin as chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and past chair of the Agriculture Committee for his words of concern regarding the House budget as it relates to agriculture. I share…

No question, we would be paying for disaster assistance. By the way, the reforms go away, and I know the Senator from Montana supports the reforms in the bill. We would see those subsidies continue--direct payments and so on--and we would…

It goes away. There is no $23 billion in taxpayer savings if we don't pass the farm bill.

Mr. President, this letter was sent to Majority Leader Reid and Republican Leader McConnell on behalf of the American Farm Bureau, American Soybean Association, the National Association of Wheat Growers, National Barley Growers…

Thank you. I truly appreciate my colleague from Maryland taking a little time to be with us tonight and give us his insight as a physician here on the floor. I would like to say a few words about IPAB. This is the Independent Payment…

I thank my colleague from New York for joining us this evening. I appreciate her insight. I just want to say a couple more things about this tax that she mentioned on medical device manufacturers. You know, in my district as well, we have…

As many of you may know, before coming to Congress, I was a physician in northern Michigan for nearly 30 years, and tonight I want to spend a little time talking to you about Medicare, the President's health care bill, and just health care…

I yield myself 10 more seconds. Now, we don't know if he meant that he didn't want to tell us that he knew or that he honestly didn't know. Either response or explanation is inadequate. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the…

I'm pleased to yield 3 minutes to my good friend from Ohio, Dennis Kucinich.

No one respects the gentleman from South Carolina more than I do, but I should advise him that it is incorrect to say that members of the Intelligence Committee didn't support my amendment to shorten the sunset period. I have the names of…

On our side, I would begin our discussion by yielding 3 minutes to the distinguished senior member of Judiciary, ranking member of Immigration, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren).

Absolutely. And because of the wonderful work of the Senator from Iowa on our school nutrition efforts and the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, we had the strong support of families, educators, and schools across the country.

Absolutely. We had the support of farm groups and conservation groups all across the country.

Madam President, as we come back into session this evening and into September, as Chair of the Agriculture Committee I have one message for colleagues in the House of Representatives--for the Speaker, for the Republican leadership--and…