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 New York will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Blumenauer

I oppose this amendment, and I don't quite understand what the problem is with the bill language at all. Here's what it does: the report language, which this amendment tries to strike, it simply tells the Secretary of USDA to notify the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. Each amount made available by titles I…

Let me say, we'll see what we can do. I'm not fully versed on it. But the gentlewoman knows that the door is always open to my office, and we'll continue to work with you. But I do have to insist on the point of order. The Acting CHAIR…

And I wanted to say food safety is something that we all place a very high priority on and we're very concerned about, and we have been watching this situation in Europe daily as we're all concerned, and our prayers are with the people who…

We are not in agreement on that. No, I did not support the Dodd-Frank bill, and I can tell you some of the problems with it. The gentleman sounds like somebody who has studied the CFTC; but as you know, of the many rules which they are…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to point out to my friend from California of a number of the previous speakers who keep speaking about the DeLauro amendment. The DeLauro amendment does not do anything. We accept the DeLauro…

Isn't it true, for the record, that we do support the amendment? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has not stated a parliamentary inquiry.

Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

With that, I withdraw my objection, and we accept the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Clarke). The amendment was agreed to…

The reason is that the amendment may not be considered en bloc under clause 2(f) of rule XXI because the amendment proposes to increase the level of funding and outlays in the bill. And under the House rule, the amendment has to be budget…

I thank the gentleman from Nebraska. I just want to say I find it incredible that I'm hearing people say that the fault of the Wall Street meltdown was because of the CFTC's not doing its job. I cannot believe that the meltdown and the…