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Sam Farr is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, serving California's 17th congressional district from 1993 to 2015. During his tenure, Farr was known for his advocacy on environmental issues, particularly in relation to coastal protection and sustainable agriculture. He played a significant role in promoting volunteerism and community service, as evidenced by his support for the National and Community Service Amendments Act of 2000.
I rise having cosponsored this bill as the ranking member on the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee. I have to say that I think we have worked very well together. We have worked together as chair and ranking member over a period of…
We worked hard to try to put together a pretty good bill, except for these two provisions that we were just talking about and the underfunding of the Federal Commodities Futures Trading Commission, and we will be having amendments on those…
Let's be very practical about this. I think you have to put it in the context of what has happened. We passed the Dodd-Frank bill because of an incredible financial disaster in this country, and what we found out is that the regulators…
How much time do I have remaining so I can see how much time I can yield? The CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Well, I am not sure that I understand the gentleman's question, but there are different kinds of data, and there are different places that you collect that data, as there is in everything we do in government and the private sector. I think…
Thank you for asking. The other provision is not in this school nutrition program, but in the WIC--the Women, Infants, and Children--program where we give vouchers to mothers of newborns or pregnant women in expectation that they are…
May I inquire as to how much time each side has remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from California (Mr. Farr) has 12\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Holt) has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.
It is often said as a food analogy that if you like sausages or laws you should never watch either of them being made. Perhaps what you are watching is that white potato mandate is getting stuck into this bill.
First of all, I would like to announce that the Tom Colicchio group-- he is one of those celebrity chefs and his group is called the Food Policy Action Network--they have told us that they are going to score the vote on this bill because…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, I rise in general debate to talk about NOAA. But I first also want to echo everything that has been said about our great colleague from Virginia, Frank Wolf. Frank is one of the few Members…
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