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On the recordAugust 2, 2012
I am opposed to this legislation in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Costa moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6233 to the Committee on Agriculture with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendments: Page 1, beginning line 3, strike section 1 and insert the following new section: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS, AND SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012''. (b) Findings.--The House of Representatives makes the following findings: (1) Family farms and livestock producers are suffering from the worst drought facing the United States since the 1950s, and this drought affects almost every State. (2) This Act does not help pork or poultry producers and provides only limited assistance for dairy producers. (3) Many producers of fruits and vegetables may not have crop insurance available to them as a risk management tool, and they too need some type of help, which this Act does not provide. (4) Most of the disaster-related provisions of the widely popular Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the current farm bill, Public Law 110-246) have expired.…
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