Political Quotes

Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to this amendment. The amendment would cut funding for the Office of the Chief Economist by an additional 46 percent. That is almost half. The Office of the Chief Economist provides advice and counsel…

Mr. Chair, this amendment would cut funding for the Office of Civil Rights at USDA by an additional 19 percent. The bill already guts funding for USDA. Any further cuts would just make a bad bill worse. The Office of Civil Rights at USDA…

Madam Chair, I claim time in opposition to the gentlewoman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Chair, I do rise in opposition to this misguided amendment. The amendment would eliminate research funding into novel approaches to keeping livestock healthy. Livestock disease costs hundreds of millions of dollars per year. Producers…