Sam Farr

I said at the opening of debate on this bill that I would vote against it if it was not changed to address California agriculture's needs for conservation, research, and rural development. Nothing that has happened in the past 2 days has…

Mr. Chairman, I just heard some students out in the hallway saying, oh, they are just talking about agriculture and that is boring. The difficulty with this debate is, it is everything but boring because it is really the engine that drives…

I rise, first, to thank the President for challenging this Nation and those who are elected to govern it, and also for his reasonable stand on our budget crisis. Second, I want to thank the President for recognizing the importance of…

I agree it is totally essential that we bring that COLA equity to the military retirees. Second, I strongly support the effort in a bipartisan way to bring this bill to fruition so we can continue to support military education in this…

I rise on a more somber note than the debate that has been going on here today. I rise under special orders on this day, January 4, which would have been the birthday of my younger sister Nancy, had it not been for the tragic death of…

I rise as a Member from the delegation of the great State of California. This is the State that is proud to lead this Nation in environmental, educational, and economic policy. Unfortunately, it is also the State that showed that a…

I must rise to urge that we not override the veto. The veto is there because the President found that there were things in this bill that were broken, that need fixing, and we in Congress can fix those things. The President rejected the…

Yes, there is. The bill is only good for a year, and so as the last sentence in the amendment states, it says that the Department of Commerce shall not terminate it for the fiscal year 1996 or whenever the user fees become successful…

last week I got a check in the mail. At first I thought it was a check for having a flag flown over the Capitol. But it wasn't. Then I thought maybe it was a misdirected campaign contribution. But it wasn't. Then I looked again. It was a…

Mr. Chairman, I really want to rise to question what is really broke here. If we say that the military defense industry is broke because they cannot compete in the world, then we have to look at the fact that 70 percent of the world market…

However, I believe my amendment addresses an important issue, and I would like to speak briefly on the matter before withdrawing the amendment. My amendment prevents the Army from wasting Federal tax dollars to implement a recommendation…

I understand that the committee's allocation made it impossible to provide full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund acquisition request received by the committee. I also understand the committee has recommended $14.6 million…

help. I've fallen and can't get up! This is the cry of a program--the Medicare program--in deep distress. This is the cry of America's elderly as they tremble at the prospect of losing access to doctors, hospitals and medicines as the…

I was commenting that one of the unique feelings we all had was that each of us had the ability to live in a minority in another land and learn another language and learn another culture, and essentially be able to really understand what…

Yes, Mr. Chairman. The Santa Cruz Port District has offered to retain crew quarters in the current building. It has also offered to provide patrol boat berthing adjacent to the current Coast Guard building, and provide a communications…

So all of those cases that were brought here on the floor today where people talked about problems they were having with their constituents, none of those constituents, under the conditions they brought, will benefit from the gentleman's…

I want to point out the difference between the Porter amendment before you and the Tauzin amendment that you have adopted. If you are really interested in trying to solve the problem of the property owner, you will listen very carefully…

This bill takes it a lot further. One, it requires that the Government write it down, the analysis; two, that they publish it.

The gentleman is changing the playing field because he is changing that from a right to discuss takings to a right saying that any portion that is affected or diminished.

before we end this road race to the finish line of H.R. 7, let us stop, look, and listen. This bill takes something that is not broken and breaks it. This bill moves from peacekeeping to war making. Where peace exists, this bill creates…

I think at a time when we are putting emphasis on cost-benefits it is ironic that this bill puts all the emphasis on cost and none on the benefits.

I rise in support of the Hall amendment. There isn't a more vulnerable population out there than children, especially poor children. The food programs the country has instituted over the years have been put in place to protect this most…

I rise this morning with concern on the much-needed debate on unfunded mandates that is being conducted by the Republican leadership. Everyone agrees in principle that mandates should be paid for. But before we leap, let us look. I just…

I support a balanced budget. I support deficit reduction. I support bringing entitlements under control and eliminating every bit of fat there is in the budget. What I do not support is gimmickry to do it, stealth budgets to get there, or…

I appreciate this opportunity to clarify the purpose for which my amendment seeks to authorize $4,000,000 for the establishment of a cooperative pilot program for remediation of a landfill at a closing base on the Superfund list. This…