Robert Berry

Do I have any time left? The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Arkansas has 2 minutes remaining.

I do believe that the Blue Dogs were referred to. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The Chair advises all Members that they should address their remarks to the Chair.

It is most appropriate that this amendment will be accepted because it will give the Department of Agriculture their rightful place at the table in representing agriculture in this country in the protection of our homeland. Mr. Chairman, I…

I can only imagine what the comedians that make their living that way would do and will do with this situation. But it is very serious business. We are doing something to our children and grandchildren that they cannot even protect…

I rise at this time to just express my gratitude and the gratitude of my caucus to the two gentlemen who have worked tirelessly for years on this issue, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell) and the gentleman from New York (Mr…

In the document that founded this great Nation, it says all men are created equal. Under this bill, the drug companies are a lot more equal than the seniors I can tell my colleagues. Why would we for any reason prohibit the negotiation of…

Now, if we are doing so good, Mr. Speaker, how come we are broke? I just do not quite understand that. It is like we did not have enough sense to tell the difference between turnip greens and butter beans. If we are doing so good, if this…

I guess what we are having a problem agreeing on is what defines a small farmer. I can tell you that when combines cost $250,000 to farmers, when tractors cost anywhere from $100,000 to $250,000, when everything else that we use is in the…

I would beg the administration and the Republican majority, please do not do this to our children and grandchildren. Please do not continue to run up debt and spend the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, and force our children into…

We favor tax cuts, but we do not favor a bigger debt. We are not in favor of running up the debt another $5.7 trillion. We are not in favor of our children having to pay off this debt. We are not in favor of not having a budget, not having…

I would just make one more plea to the leadership of this House. Back in 1995 and 1996, we had lobbyists in the back rooms here writing legislation. That is absolutely unforgivable. We should not allow this to happen. I hope the American…

It is unforgivable for the Republican leadership to let our senior citizens continue to be robbed on a daily basis while we do nothing. If we had someone going around robbing our citizens, and especially our senior citizens in that…

We stand here this evening the greatest Nation that has ever been in the history of the world. There has never been another country that has the economic, the military, and the political power that this country does. And yet our senior…

I have never had anyone tell me, ``You ought to do away with Medicare.'' I do not understand. Our seniors like Medicare. It is a good program. It works. It is successful. It is what they need. They just need a prescription drug benefit to…

Mr. Speaker, I am on the floor this evening, because, quite simply, the prescription drug manufacturers in this country are ripping off the American people, and even worse, they are ripping off the senior citizens of this country. It is…

Mr. Speaker, our farmers need the assistance in this bill, and they need a lot more. The funding in this bill is just simply not enough. The other side of the aisle comes to the well over and over to criticize the lack of action on trade…

I do not want to have to face my grandchildren 20 years from now and look them in the eye and let them ask me, ``Why did you not do something when you had the chance?'' I think we all know what we need to do, and it is a matter of having…

We cannot be this successful without making good decisions. It is absolutely amazing to me that we are even having this discussion. We all know, and as my colleague, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner) just talked about, as we were in…

There is not a more frustrating time than in the springtime when you cannot get in the field. To be in a position where you have the weather to plant but you cannot plant because you have not got a production loan is the most frustrating…

Certainly all of us that represent major agriculture-producing areas are mystified by the actions of the Speaker and the Republican leaders on this matter, and hopefully very soon this will be resolved. It is so irresponsible for us to…

I will just conclude by mentioning what a heroic effort our local pharmacies have made in the last few years to try to take care of our seniors and see that they got the medicine they needed at the best possible prices, and the heroic…

I conducted a study and discovered that seniors in Connecticut's 3rd District pay an average of twice what the pharmaceutical companies' preferred customers pay. And by 'preferred customers,' so it is clear, and I am sure others have made…

I stand here tonight without reservation, I am against this impeachment. It simply does not rise to the level that the Constitution requires. It is unfair, it is partisan, and it mocks fair play. We should not do it. For the good of this…

I rise tonight to honor the memory and service of my friend and colleague, the gentleman from California, the Honorable Walter Capps. His warm smile, kind words, great intellect and integrity made this a better place. His wisdom and…