Leonard L. Boswell: “I think that we do, in fact, have an emergency; and I understand that this amendment is not going to be dealt with…”

“I think that we do, in fact, have an emergency; and I understand that this amendment is not going to be dealt with today, because it would fall in that category. So I understand that. I know that the Chairman will carry forth in that rule and so on. But I do think we have an emergency. We could make a case for it. The reason I say that is because in my area and the chairman's area and the gentlewoman from Ohio's area and all of those across rural America, we see the family farm, which is hard to define, but we see it going by the wayside. Bigger and bigger, much more corporate farming going on, and so on. So we do have an emergency, I believe. Here are some of the reasons I feel that way. Mr. Chairman, we have a safe, plentiful, affordable food supply compared cost-wise to any other modern country in the world, as the percentage of disposable income is so much less. We are privileged to have that.…”