Leonard L. Boswell: “You can't effectively lead us if we can't have witnesses come and give us their best of their experience.”

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 Iowa will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Walz of Minnesota The Acting CHAIR…

Everybody in this country has a vested interest in agriculture. We all eat.

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 demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 15-minute vote. The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes any electronic vote on the question of passage. The vote was taken by electronic device, and…