Mr. President, I would remind my colleagues, after hearing Senator Cornyn's speech and also the very articulate words of Senator King talking about a personal story--that this is full of personal stories of people who get preventive care…

I ask unanimous consent that after my 5 or 6 minutes, the Senator from New Hampshire be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the city of Dublin, OH, and Muirfield Village Golf Club as hosts of the 10th Presidents Cup from October 1 to 6, 2013. The Presidents Cup was first played in 1994 and is a biennial event played in…

Mr. President, today I wish to commemorate Kiefer's Florist of Coshocton, OH on 100 years of successful operation. Andrew Kiefer started Kiefer's Florist in 1913 when he was 36 years old and the business has since been handed down through…

Mr. President, I appreciate the opportunity to speak today and offer some clarity about the treatment of wood products in the amendment that Senator Wicker and Senator Landrieu have offered with regard to green building standards. I…

I agree with the Senator. We have a lot of hard-working Americans who are employed by this industry, and we need to ensure that there is a level playing field for them so that the Federal Government's green building policy doesn't stand in…

The majority leader and the Tea Party Caucus have been railing against providing sufficient SNAP funding that provides food to the hungry. This is certainly not something to be proud of. I have never understood making scapegoats out of the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and rise in opposition to the rule, and say I will be so proud to vote today not to take food away from children and veterans and the disabled and the unemployed. Over half of these who receive these…

Mr. President, today I wish to recognize the 50th anniversary of Donatos Pizzeria, LLC, headquartered in Columbus, OH. In 1963, Jim Grote, then a college sophomore at The Ohio State University, opened the first Donatos Pizzeria on the…

May I ask how much time I have. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Ohio has 4\3/4\ minutes remaining.

I yield to the gentlelady from Texas for a unanimous consent request. (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

I thank the Chair. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Maryland (Ms. Edwards).

Let me just say that I find it's not theatrics that 5,000 Active Duty families would be kicked off of food stamps if this bill passes as it is given to us today. Madam Speaker, it is my distinct honor to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217, nays 210, not voting 6, as follows: [Roll No. 476]…

I just want to say that, in Mr. LaMalfa's district, 10 percent of all households are on SNAP. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Heck).

Would you tell us how much time is still left in debate. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hastings of Washington). The gentlewoman from Ohio has 13\3/4\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Oklahoma has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I ask my colleagues in this House, Why are we here today? The original farm bill, H.R. 1947, passed out of the Agriculture Committee with bipartisan support. While this bill eventually died when it came to the floor, I have to thank the…

Let me just say that the First District of Arkansas, which my colleague represents, has a SNAP recipient percentage of 18.2 percent. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. McIntyre)…