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Mr. Speaker, in a year that has been described by many as one of gridlock and finger-pointing and wheel-spinning and even-numbered year partisan rhetoric, we are about to achieve a remarkable accomplishment. This House and the Senate, and…
I rise in support of H.R. 3900 which requires the USDA to publish its regulations governing the Conservation Reserve Program by September 1, 1996. Since its inception in 1985, the CRP has been a valuable tool for America's farmers. The CRP…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1627, the Food Quality Protection Act, represents nearly a decade of effort to modernize the Federal pesticide regulatory system. Today the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Commerce will accomplish what many…
We have a rural health care bill that is supported in a bipartisan effort on behalf of the Rural Health Care Coalition; 146 Members now support this effort, so we can get the authorizing language. Last year, 309 hospitals all throughout…
I think the basic problem here is the financial loss. In 1991, as has been stated in the debate, when the GPO lost $1.2 million, 1992 losses began to increase to $5.2 million; in 1994, losses topped out at $21.8 million. Even during this…
today, in the Cape Girardeau First Presbtyerian Church, in very emotional but appropriate services, the loving family, friends, colleagues, and constituents of Bill Emerson bade farewell and paid tribute to our dear friend and colleague…
On July 15, 1995, the Secretary of Agriculture wrote to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget indicating that ``since many short- and long-term agricultural planning activities are weather dependent, there exists a need for…
I call it historic because the Committees on Agriculture have produced a farm bill that represent a major departure from the past and a bold plan in regard to the future. The Senate has passed the similar conference report 74 to 26, and…
There are excellent capabilities within NASA and the private sector to use remote sensing data for crop forecasting, precision agriculture, and projecting food yield. We do want to find innovative ways of bringing these capabilities to the…
obviously the rules implementing the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act will have a large economic impact on the agricultural community and farmers. I ask the distinguished chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, if the…
Well, the gentleman is absolutely correct. The intention of this subparagraph is for the NASA Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture to help the commercial remote sensing industry better meet the needs of the agricultural community…
I think it is time that the House of Representatives rise and a thank you and a tribute to Kika de la Garza.
This subparagraph is intended to urge the NASA Administrator to provide to the Secretary of Agriculture remote sensing data or interpretative tools that it develops under its normal activities, if and when such data and tools may be…
H.R. 2854 requires that the Secretary of Agriculture, within 45 days of enactment, offer market transition contracts available to eligible producers. These contracts must not be further delayed, or they will not be effective for the 1996…
Mr. Chairman, my colleagues, I rise in reluctant opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Roth]. I do want to associate myself with the remarks of the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], the gentleman from…
Mr. Chairman, I am one of the strongest supporters of agriculture research in the Congress. Since early last year, I, along with the subcommittee chairman, the gentleman from Colorado, Mr. Allard, the distinguished chairman emeritus of the…
we will try very hard to address the gentleman's concerns in regards to the previous amendment that he described that he has withdrawn. It is my understanding that the gentleman has or is going to offer his traditional buy American…
Well, we can probably discuss the baseline, which, to all listening and watching this debate, is not what Cal Ripken runs around, and we can run around our own baselines in regards to the budget, if we so choose. But let me simply say that…
OK. Again, let me say to the gentleman that we all stand in admiration of the gentleman's efforts to cut spending. Nobody has done more in the Congress. But what I would like to try to point out is that we do have two separate pastures in…
I would simply point out to the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Minge], who is a very valued member of the House Committee on Agriculture, that had the President not really vetoed the balanced budget, we would have a farm bill months ago. I…
I thank the gentleman. It used to be in this body, where we delegated responsibility, we appropriated the credit and sifted the blame. Through the leadership of the gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. Livingston], we do not do that anymore. Let…
I can get worked up about entitlement programs. But this is not an entitlement program. This is the continuation of a strong difference of opinion between our good friends in the Committee on Appropriations... But the difference in regard…
I realize this farm bill debate has been like Lonesome Dove; we are almost home, and we have all of our body parts, and we will get there if we will just pay a little bit of attention. This is a revote on some of the amendments that we…
the road to bankruptcy is paved with good intentions. And as the gentleman from Wisconsin has pointed out in opposition to the bill, there are other environmental programs that certainly are very meritorious. I think in my discussions with…
I would inform the gentleman from Missouri that the situation is just the way it is in the law today. Nothing has changed.
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