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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 on the issue of drug reimportation. I am on the committee. I support the agricultural bill, I think it is a good bill, but I think there is a part of it that we have got to wake up. The question is, when is drug reimportation not an…
as cochair of the House Travel and Tourism Caucus, I express my strong support for passage of the Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act (H.R. 3767) to permanently reauthorize the Visa Waiver Pilot Program. The Visa Waiver Program facilitates…
Many of us came to Washington, came to this House hoping that we could better use the national resources, the national treasure that we have to help preserve local initiatives in trying to build more livable communities. In thinking about…
I rise today to admonish this country, it is a shame that we are here talk, talk, talk, and not doing anything about prescription drugs. My daughter recounted to me a story last Saturday night when she was in a pharmacy at midnight on…
I express my strong support of the Violence Against Women Act. This Act reflects my belief that we have not only the ability to protect members of our communities, but the responsibility to do so. In this case, these members are our…
Well, I think that is my point, and the point is that leadership is about getting results. We are into an election-year mode. We all know what is going on in this country, and if we watch the people, it is so easy at this time of the year…
California is a testing area for the globe, not only for our Nation. It is a State that has learned that you cannot take care of the people unless you take care of the land. And we have developed in California a very extensive way of…
I think we see ourselves in a situation that is good news-bad news. The good news is that we are talking about reform, and there is no dispute in this country that we need reform. Everybody is talking about it. The Democrats have had an…
I embarked on a sea odyssey over 4 years ago to pass the Oceans Act to establish a commission modeled after the Stratton Commission, which was a commission that met over 30 years ago. If one thinks about it, most of the instrumentation we…
Before anyone votes for this amendment, think what is going on in America. This is the harvest season. This is time we celebrate. People are eating corn on the cob, having back-yard barbecues, watermelons are being eaten. This is the is…
I rise tonight on the supplemental as a former Peace Corps volunteer who lived 2 years in Colombia. I am very concerned about the issues that the chairman of the subcommittee just talked about, Plan Colombia. We are sending $1.185 billion…
I thank the gentleman. The concern here is that in a bipartisan fashion, we funded the farmers of this country who grow the food that feeds the people, that feeds the children through school lunch programs and school breakfast programs and…
I rise as a very proud member of the Subcommittee on Agriculture of the Committee on Appropriations, and I have to say that it is an incredible joy to serve under the chairmanship of the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Skeen) and the…
Mr. Speaker, this is a rule about the agricultural appropriations bill. The underlying bill is about America. It is about its land and its people. It is about the farmers that grow our food. It is about how we treat that food, how we…
I want to thank him for the opportunity to discuss with him the funding for a critical project in my district, which is the central part of California. This is the second year I have sought appropriations to carry out a preconstruction…
I rise with this amendment to restore the whacking that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has taken in this appropriation bill. My amendment restores the cuts to this year's current levels. I am not asking for an…
The time has come for Congress to recognize the lasting contribution of volunteerism in America by passing the National and Community Service Amendments Act of 2000.
they have totally zeroed out this program. I ask the gentleman from California (Mr. Walsh) as chairman of this committee, when he goes into conference to fight as hard to get this reestablished as he did to get the Peace Corps funded, as I…
about 15 percent of AmeriCorps members serve in faith-based institutions, and the number is growing. Mr. Chairman, it is time that we reclaim the bipartisan tradition and support national service that has long been the hallmark of American…
I rise on a very sad note. It was a note that was just read by the Clerk, that the majority of that party in this House wants to strike all of the funding for the Corporation for National Service. We have funded, fully funded, an all…
Thank God for the Antiquities Act. Thank God for the action of the President to take Federal lands and upgrade their status so that they are more protected. The reason the President had to do it by executive order is because this Congress…
I represent the largest base closure in the United States where they closed the military hospital. Out of that developed a veterans health clinic. What I am seeing in this debate and I think our problem here in Congress is that we know…
I think the legislative process and particularly the committee process is designed to draft legislation so that ambiguities are spelled out and worked out so that the bill as we enact it, as it becomes the law of this country, we can…
Mr. Chairman, I ask the gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert), does he know what the problem with his language is? First of all, he is going to really muck up California law, because our State Constitution has had a long-standing and a…
I represent probably one of the most productive agricultural communities in the United States. Our county alone produces 55 crops. We do about $2.4 billion in sales. This is the County of Monterey and the Salinas Valley, also known as…
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