Leonard L. Boswell: “Don't be afraid to put daylight on it, transparency. And if you are doing it right, keep doing it right.”

In its current form, I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. BOSWELL moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 1309, to the Committee on Financial Services with instructions to…

I would just like to give my appreciation to you, Mr. Chairman, to Mr. Rahall, and to you, Peter, and everybody that's worked so hard on this. Just one comment. We're moving forward. We're going to have jobs. We've done the right thing…

I think it is clear to financiers that the hedging risk is a critical aspect of running a successful farm operation and doing so is good business for rural cooperatives and banks and producer communities.

I believe sometimes circumstances require us to re-evaluate priorities to deal with changing realities.