Sam Farr

I find in Congress that everybody wants to solve problems, but nobody wants to pay for solving the problem.

I think it is long overdue.

I hope, Mr. Chairman, if that happens that you will invite the Secretary back so he can talk about what might be the implications of anything we give him less than what he is asking for.

Let me explain that not a drop of this money, a cent of it, can be spent on a teacher's salary. This is not, ``We are going to spend it on food or a teacher's salary.'' This is only for food, and the Federal Government takes sole…

We worked hard to try to put together a pretty good bill, except for these two provisions that we were just talking about and the underfunding of the Federal Commodities Futures Trading Commission, and we will be having amendments on those…

It is often said as a food analogy that if you like sausages or laws you should never watch either of them being made. Perhaps what you are watching is that white potato mandate is getting stuck into this bill.

This bill truly represents a bipartisan collaboration and I am proud to have them join me in working to advance this modest bill.

We cannot support provisions in the bill that could increase the exposure of public land users and employees to naturally occurring asbestos.

The BLM appreciates the work by Congressman Farr on H.R. 1776.

I hope we can move this legislation, so that the 50,000 riders that enjoyed the Clear Creek Management Area in 2003 can do so again in 2014.

Rep. Farr's H.R. 1776 would fix all of these shortcomings.

Representative Farr's H.R. 1776 would fix all of these short-comings.

Because it is prohibited by Federal law and I happen to be in a State where Federal law ignores this because law enforcement, medical folks, it is part of our system. We have worked out the regulations. You don't see the Feds coming in and…

Yes. And so you are going to have the doctor say: I am sorry, you are in a Federal facility. I can't talk to you about a prescription of medical marijuana, even though you have asked the question. I can answer your question about…

Thank you. I am glad to see this bill has been protected from senseless budget cuts. I strongly encourage this Congress to honor the balanced approach that this bill shows in the bipartisan Budget Control Act that we adopted last year…

I bring to you an ask in the wake of yet another tragic shooting at a military installation and solemnly come before you today to ask for your support in helping prevent such catastrophic events from occurring by fully funding the ACES…

The Secretary was in here suggesting that the unfunded balance--the unspent balance every year of the USDA ought to be rolled over into a capital outlay fund.

You might want to bring all three of those departments into your office and see if you can clean it up.

I think this subject matter, I mean, it probably isn't controversial, so it doesn't attract a lot of people to come in, but it is--to me, our investment in research, America's investment in research, is probably the distinguishing factor…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I echo your accolades for the fine work that the committee has done.

You know, we are supposed to fix things that are broken, and we learned that this was broken and it had a very serious, detrimental effect to the American economy.

I think I am just trying to plead with my committee members and our colleagues that this is really an important responsibility.

I hope that our committee will follow your request and fully fund you.

A thriving fishing community both benefits local economies and encourages active stewardship of the resource.

I think when Kennedy made that call of, Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country, it really stimulated young people all across America to thinking about service.