Jack Kingston

I reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia reserves a point of order. The gentleman from Vermont is recognized for 5 minutes.

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, what I am concerned about, with 84 million barrels of fuel produced every day, and America only having control of about 3 percent of that, yet consuming 25 percent, wherever we can use a friendly source of…

I accept the amendment because I believe that the things that Mr. Dicks is talking about in this amendment actually do move us in that direction. I would like to yield to Mr. Cole and ask him to clarify that because I want it confirmed.

I make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation on an appropriation bill and therefore violates clause 2 of rule XXI because it requires a new determination. The Acting…

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 Vermont will be postponed. {time} 1650 Amendment No. 30 Offered by Mr. Flores

I think that the point you have raised is a very valid point and something that is very good discussion matter. Unfortunately, we believe that it is authorizing on an appropriation, as the Chair has confirmed, but that's probably the…

I oppose the amendment, and do so out of caution. What I want to say to my friend, who knows a lot about this and I know is a very careful steward of tax dollars and very deliberative in his legislation in general, I am not that familiar…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and also to bring up the fact that the cormorants are a problem all over the country. And certainly, as one from Georgia, I know exactly that you in Alabama are having the problems that they have in…

I supported this when you offered it on the continuing resolution, and I plan to support it today.

First of all, I want to thank my good friend from Tennessee for offering this amendment and her tireless work to try to reduce spending in our country, and I absolutely agree with all the statements that she has made. I do want to point…

I want to thank the ranking member for working with us on this bill. I want to thank all the minority and the majority staff for all their fine work. We would not be here today without them. At their request and because the hour is late…

The same to you. I wore my organic cotton tie on your behalf. Thank you very much. This legislation would not be possible without the great working relationship I enjoy with our ranking member Mr. Farr. Again, we don't always agree but we…

I reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. The CHAIR. A point of order is reserved. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.

I withdraw my reservation--as I read the amendment, it looks like it is in order--and I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Bishop of Utah). The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 minutes.

I want to start off by saying, if this was a serious amendment, if this was a serious proposal--we have had 25 hours of debate--it would have been out on the House floor, and we could have taken a look at it. But let me say this: Very…

I want to, first of all, thank my good friend from Pennsylvania for talking to me about this amendment. Earlier this week, I expressed my concerns at that time, which I still have with it, and want to make a number of points. Number one…

Number one, we have actually reduced this account 31 percent. Again, as I have said many times, passing an appropriation bill that is building a card house, there's a delicate balance. I have got my friend, Mr. McGovern, who believes that…

I do not have the expertise that my friend from Alaska has on it, but I wanted to say this. Earlier, or actually during the markup, Mr. Rehberg offered an amendment about the FDA using sound science. And I do believe, in this case, the FDA…

My dear friend from Texas has worked diligently to find something to work out with this. As I had indicated to her last night, we're trying to work on some alternatives and see if there's a way to do it. Just in the last 30 minutes, I've…

I want to say to the gentleman from Arizona, if I have time left over, I will yield you some. But you can also get your own 5 minutes if you want. Mr. Chairman, I oppose this. I want to start out by saying that the committee has taken a…

I want to thank my colleague from North Carolina for putting this discussion on the table, because I think that it is important for us to look at the WIC program and make sure we are doing everything as efficiently and effectively as…

Reclaiming my time, I don't know all the ins and outs of this, but I do know that we're constantly getting on the FDA to use more sound science, less politics, and to have more transparency, and it appears that that's what they're doing…

As the chairman of Agriculture knows and is fully aware, I wanted to underscore the point that you just made that the ordinary mandatory authorization for this program is $165 million. That has been zeroed out, and the only thing we're…

Well, you've got 4 minutes from me. You could still strike the last word. That gives you 9 minutes.

I wanted to make a few notes on it. I appreciate my friend for offering it, and I think he's raised some very serious philosophical questions, particularly about Pub.L. 490, the foreign food program. I wanted to point out we have reduced…