Sam Farr

It is simply shocking that in this day and age employees are still being discriminated against because of their reproductive health choices, such as whether or not to use birth control, undergo in vitro fertilization to get pregnant, or…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I hope that you heard the amendment because it said nothing about the doctor's ability to issue a prescription for use of medical marijuana. This simply lifts a gag order. Now, these…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, as we continue to cut, squeeze, and trim the Federal budget, we have a responsibility to ensure that our Federal agencies operate as efficiently as possible. I know that we both have examples in our…

I mean, you ought to abide by the same standards that university research labs have to do, which are under the Animal Welfare Act and do get inspected by the APHIS.

Crisis is a terrible thing to waste.

But for the Federal Government with taxpayer money to go out and invest and do this, you know, cruel and inhumane treatment of animals in order to help the private sector get a better understanding of it, I mean, this is appalling.

We can't afford the luxury--I mean, you have got, what, 48,000 acres there. I mean, that is huge.

I hope that we can get to the bottom of it.

we are proposing to invest almost $25 million in water in 2016.

I am just talking about the fact that the process seems very awkward.

you are really trying to hide this story, to bury it.

Why not try to use more--if we can only present 6 percent of our applications, why not use your resources to look at the whole of a State in what you are trying to do?

When does it end? Research projects have a beginning and an ending.

But that didn't work.

you want crisis, believe it or not, because that is the only way Congress pays attention to anything anymore.

Look, I think the difficulty we are having and the reason we are asking these questions is the Department just seems to be not admitting that there was a real screw-up here and mistakes were made, people weren't adequately trained or…

Do you think, if the Animal Welfare Act was applied and you were inspected by APHIS, they would allow that experiment to continue?

I represent and Mr. Valadao represents California. Our number one industry is agriculture, believe it or not.

I just want to tell you how much I owe you a debt of gratitude.

I am just a little sick and tired of hearing rhetoric around here that if we give aid to farmers and we give aid to veterans and we give aid to senior citizens, those are benefits. But if we give aid to single moms trying to pay for rent…

I would be very appreciative if you could also recommend to the Committee if these rural caps that we put on programs are problematic in trying to address the problems in these rural counties.

I would like to follow up on the Chairman's questions.

if we are really going to bring down costs of healthcare in America, we have got to start with growing healthier people.

I think that is going to be a real crisis for our country because everybody here in Congress talks about wanting to help the vets and leave none behind.

There is no way you can--I mean, my personal story is that, when I got out of college, I went in the Peace Corps.