Thank you for yielding. I'm the ranking member on the Ag Appropriations Committee, and I'm very proud that the USDA was founded by Abraham Lincoln. This bill essentially destroys agriculture in the United States because we grow food to…

On rollcall No. 300--Brown (GA) Amendment 301-- Grayson (FL) Amendment. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall No. 300 on Brown; ``yes'' rollcall No. 301 on Grayson. Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mrs. Capps The Acting…

Well, I'm on the Appropriations Committee, and if this were brought up in the Appropriations Committee, it certainly would be an earmark. And it is a process that should be in the appropriations process and not added to this bill, where…

Well, I think the chair of your committee, Mr. Hastings, who knows this, that only about 40 percent of the money that comes in for the Land and Water Conservation account, of the revenue that comes from the offshore drilling, only 40…

The Republicans have been very big on deficit reduction and very much against earmarks. And now, with this amendment you're proposing it seems to fly in the face of the policy of your own party that you want to take out of the Treasury $11…

And those are the States that have also instate waters and onshore and offshore drilling?

I will yield to the gentleman for a question. Explain to me what is broken that needs $11 billion more, right now, with the $150 billion that you've already been given, or will be given.

That's onshore, not offshore. We actually have caps with offshore, and we have banned further offshore drilling, both State and Federal waters.

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 5, as Modified, Offered by Mr. Cassidy The CHAIR. It is now…

I would like to remind my colleagues that the national ocean policy is the recommendation of a commission that we created, bipartisan commission, appointed by President Bush, to recommend how we might avoid the conflicts of sea. The…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of this amendment. Look, the way the program works now, it's the most expensive food in the world. This keeps the buying of American food, shipping it on American flagships. It…

There are so many reasons why my colleagues should reject H.R. 1797, the misnamed Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. I am sure my Democratic colleagues that oppose the bill will be able to speak to many of those reasons, but I want…