Sam Farr

You did it even more so, because you were married, you were a rock star athlete out of California, you were at the University of California Berkeley. And to be married and to take that risk, sort of walking away from what was just the…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I rise in opposition to this amendment. We have been on a 3-day marathon talking about how we are going to cut, squeeze, and trim the Federal Government. Frankly, we haven't even hit the big stuff. Seventy-five…

I think that this is a problem. And I think Mr. Kind has a way of looking at trying to remove the money, but it's not going to make the problem go away. I agree that this is a thing that needs to be addressed because there's going to be…

I rise reluctantly because Mr. Kingston and myself, I think, have a great deal of respect for how we ought to be managing the future of payments, and I concur with his remarks. But I am rising in favor of the amendment because I think we…

I represent a lot of fishermen in the west coast in California and up the west coast all the way up to Alaska. The catch share program has worked very well. The reason you have it is, one, you only have two systems in fishing--you have a…

This is a bad amendment, and I urge all of my friends to carefully consider it. Mr. Heller may have an issue in Nevada, and he says he wants to have legislation to require Congress to make these designations, but that's not what's here…

I rise with serious concerns. I am the ranking member of the Agricultural Appropriations Committee. I come from the State that is the leading ag State in the Nation, California, and agriculture is the number one economy in California…

I represent the largest number of organic growers in the United States and the headquarters of Earthbound Farm, which is the largest shipper of organic produce in the United States. And what concerns me is that you totally wiped out the…

I join the chorus of well-informed listeners tonight to support America's Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I find it ironic that the news got released today, the day when you think of a national day of communication, a day when we tell…

I would even say it defines our civilization. When you think of programs like StoryCorps, collecting that information for the records and keeping that part of our oral history of America, it is absolutely essential that our culture and our…

If the gentleman will yield, I think what is also very important is this is one government program where there is no free lunch. It requires a local match. It requires a contribution by the community, by volunteers. It's not a paid-for…

Tonight I felt compelled to vote against extending the three expiring provisions of the Patriot Act that continue to give the government sweeping authority to spy on individuals inside the United States and, in some cases, without any…

I rise with serious concerns with the lack of debate in this House. I was taught growing up that there is a right way and a wrong way to do things. The right way is to look before you leap. We are not today looking at the consequences of…

Oh sister how I have cried, prayed, and listened to stories about you. I am so sorry for your pain of losses, and your pain through your recovery. But I am, at the same time, so proud of you and delighted you are alive. For all the wrong…

I would first like to thank Chairman Waxman and Chairman Dingell for drafting a very strong food safety bill and leading a comprehensive debate by the House. Their legislation included three vital components that are all founded on a…

Wake up and listen to the sirens, the sirens of the election that were about the deficit in America, and you want to add $1 trillion to that deficit. Wake up and listen to the sirens of the people who are needing of help. I can't believe…

Since I became a Member of Congress, I have always been unwavering in my commitment to repeal the discriminatory Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. At a time when our military is already stretched to the breaking point and standards are being…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill but with real dismay. First, it is ludicrous that Congress continues to pass the SGR instead of to fix it once and for all. This bill, though necessary, doesn't fix what is broken, and we will…

I rise today in strong support of the DREAM Act. Bottom line: The DREAM Act is good for America. It is good for the economy and it is good for the future competitiveness of our country. According to Secretary Gates, "The expansion of the…

I would like to, first of all, praise the grandmother leadership of Speaker Pelosi and the leader of the committee, George Miller. There are no two legislators in the history of the United States Congress who have done more for children…

I rise on behalf of my colleagues in Congress who are return Peace Corps volunteers--Congressman Petri, Congressman Honda, Congressman Driehaus, and Congressman Garamendi. Fifty years ago this October in a predawn address…

Mother Earth, wake up. Today's the day that Congress is going to show some leadership. Leadership is about getting results. And last week, the President of the United States enacted, by Executive order, a government oceans plan, a…

Yet there is one bill you can't vote against, and that is the bill that supports the troops in their residence, in their training and back here at home--the quality of life that we provide defense personnel, military personnel. This is the…

10 years ago, the United States Congress enacted legislation to create an Oceans Commission to look at how we can prevent the oceans from dying. Yesterday, the President of the United States enacted, by Executive order, the first national…

Tonight I would like to share with you essentially a tale of two States, States that are both oil-producing States, States that both have offshore oil drilling, and those two States are California and Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, the comparison…