Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentleman's interest in the issue, but it's clear that the Agriculture Committee is not the committee of jurisdiction to be addressing the provisions of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would like to remark to the gentleman from Colorado that it wasn't a surprise to me to see that Colorado is the State that has legalized marijuana and so we also see the advocacy…

Reclaiming my time, I might want to do a night field trip up there and see that fluorescent hemp field.

I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the arguments that come forward from the Members here. They do come from States that have voted and expressed their support for, let's say, for the husbandry of hemp. It has…

Reclaiming my time, I recognize that the gentleman's amendment only applies to States that have already legalized it, and that's true. Nonetheless, I urge opposition to this amendment, Mr. Chairman, under the basis that we haven't had a…

This is a new piece of information for me, glow-in- the-dark hemp. I know that they have spliced a gene from a jellyfish into a monkey and it glows also in the dark, so I'm confident that the gentleman's science is accurate. But whether we…

I seek time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado will be postponed. Amendment No. 38 Offered by Mr. Garamendi The…

I thank the gentlelady from South Dakota for yielding to me, and I wanted to come to the floor in opposition, also, of this amendment. I've seen what this research does, and I've watched as we've gone from no industry to an industry now…

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate your yielding also to me. I rise in opposition to the Kind amendment, and do I so because I don't want to see agriculture distorted. We've watched as equipment's gotten larger, farms have gotten larger. And when…

Madam Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I come to the floor, first, to congratulate this bipartisan effort. I have been through other farm bills I guess a couple of times. I've seen it when we had a Republican chair, a Democrat…

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing…

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing…

This is so important because we will have about four weeks in July, we will have only four days after your term ends to consider a nominee.

Mr. President, today, Senator Wyden and I reintroduced the Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act. This collaborative effort includes two ideas for making Medicare billing and spending more transparent. The first…

My colleagues have heard me mention so many times that we tend to delegate more and we ought to be legislating. This bill is another example of delegating too much and giving too much authority to Cabinet-level people, in this case the…

Thank you, Chairman Leahy, for calling the hearing, and I welcome Director Mueller back, particularly because this is likely to be the last hearing he will appear before the Committee.

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