Let me yield to my friend from Connecticut with the hopes that when my time runs out, my friend will yield to me as well. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Bishop of Utah). The time of the gentleman has expired.
Jack Kingston
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I thank the gentlewoman for the time. I want to say to my friends from Texas and Connecticut that, number one, the DeLauro amendment which you alluded to that increases WIC $147 million is intact, and that increase has gone on. We do have…
My friend from Connecticut, you know that's what we're doing. Ms. DeLAURO. Can I finish? The Acting CHAIR. Members will suspend. The gentleman from Florida controls the time. To whom does he yield?
The point that I'm making, Mr. Chair, is that WIC is $562 million, not because of any Republican action, but because of the Democrat action. And you know what? I don't question anyone's motives on this side, and I admire their passion. And…
I will accept the amendment. I want to say to my friend from Florida, we're going to be looking at all this as the process goes on, and we'll certainly work with you. We, Mr. Farr and I and the committee, do appreciate all the research…
Let me say my friend from Connecticut will agree, though, that if you, on your side, had not cut WIC $562 million, that money would still be there right now. Ms. DeLAURO. The fact of the matter is what we are not asking about is not…
I want to clarify some things on this that are important. Number one, I want to make sure that we all realize that ARS is currently, in this bill, funded at $993 million and that the Foreign Ag Service is at $175 million. And the Foreign…
I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 minutes.
I want to say that the concern that I have--again, not having the advantage of being able to research things thoroughly, but we're taking $1 million out of a $3 million account and putting it into a $77 million account, and it just seems…
I was going to ask my friend if he is planning to offer his other amendment. Don't you have another related amendment?
I reluctantly have to insist on the point of order. It's actually scored by CBO at $5 million, and that is beyond my authority to waive anything. And it's not a numerical thing. It's just a rule.
We do accept the amendment with reservations. I want to say to my friend from Nebraska, he's been working very hard on this amendment, particularly in the last 5 hours. But we had a debate about this in the full committee. Ms. Kaptur…





