DENNIS A. CARDOZA: “A few years ago when I first came to Congress, I introduced an ethics bill that said if you break the public trust...”

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 36, line 23, after the semicolon insert ``and''. Page 37, strike lines 1 through 3. Page 37, line 4…

I urge my colleagues to vote for this commonsense amendment and prevent undue economic harm to our communities. I yield back the balance of my time.

Because ultimately, we are put in place to protect the public interest, and if we lose confidence in these markets, it is going to affect our entire economy.

Yes. When we already have 20 percent unemployment in those regions, you reduce the poultry and dairy production in those areas, unemployment will be even higher.