Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 3656) to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to improve the reporting on sales of livestock and dairy products, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: S. 3656 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010''. SEC. 2. LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING. (a) Extension of Authority.-- (1) In general.--Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2010'' and inserting ``September 30, 2015''. (2) Conforming amendment and extension.--Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106-78) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2010'' and inserting ``September 30, 2015''. (b) Wholesale Pork Cuts.-- (1) Reporting.--Chapter 3 of subtitle B of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1635i et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 233. MANDATORY REPORTING OF WHOLESALE PORK CUTS. ``(a) Reporting.--The corporate officers or officially designated representatives of each packer shall report to the Secretary information concerning the price and volume of wholesale pork cuts, as the Secretary determines is necessary and appropriate.…”