Sam Farr: “I normally wouldn't oppose this because it cuts from the account that I just tried to cut from, but I only cut $300,000…”

“I normally wouldn't oppose this because it cuts from the account that I just tried to cut from, but I only cut $300,000 to pay for something. This amendment cuts $20 million, and it pays for nothing. I just think that that's not a very good proposition. We have an awful lot of facilities that are around this country. Agriculture is everywhere--in every single State and in almost every congressional district. I happen to represent the leading agricultural State in the United States--California--where we grow some 40, 50 crops that no other State grows in addition to hundreds and hundreds of other crops, so we need facilities out there. I know this is an account that is easy to be offset, and as I said, I tackled the same account myself. Yet, since the gentleman opposed my amendment, I think it's only good quid pro quo that I oppose his.”