I move to strike the last word. The CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.

I rise with great concerns about this amendment, because I don't think it does what the author intends it to do. All it does is say none of the funds made available in this act--this act, not other acts, not other bills that the chair and…

Reclaiming my time, with all due respect, I don't think the Agriculture Committee created the Brazilian problem. It was not the committee's act that created it. It was what the Brazilians did in their ability to become a major agricultural…

This is the kind of program that I think Mr. Flake pointed out that you wonder why we use taxpayer moneys to market American agriculture abroad, and you say, well, we don't need to do that. As he pointed out, he pointed out a couple of…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa will be postponed. {time} 2350 Amendment Offered by Mr. Clarke of Michigan

First of all, I hope that we don't have more of these ambush amendments that we haven't had a chance to really look at. And this one really has serious implications. What it seems that this amendment does is, first of all, reduce the…

This amendment doesn't save one penny. Ironically, we just returned from the White House summer congressional picnic, and people ate food there. At every table, it listed where the food came from. Indeed, I remember because I went to the…

It's my pleasure to join you in this amendment. I actually have the best salmon caught in the lower 48 in Monterey Bay. A history of fishing in Monterey, used to be the sardine capital of the world. We're very sensitive to the fact that…

We accept the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment Offered by Mr. Young of Alaska

I strongly support this amendment because the language in the bill--I'm going to read it to you. It's one paragraph, but it's the most draconian language because we've never done this before ever in an ag bill. It says: ``The committee…

I move to strike the last word. I just want to point out that this amendment doesn't save one penny. {time} 2050 The Acting CHAIR. Does the gentleman ask unanimous consent to strike the last word?

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Dold). The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.