Leonard L. Boswell

I believe it is imperative that the regulations implemented reflect the true intent of Congress.

What is the resistance to transparency? I think I kind of know what it is, but I would like to hear what your thoughts are on it.

But I think censure is too much. A reprimand is appropriate, and he would accept that. And I would ask this House to recognize that, his history, and do the right thing. I would support the reprimand.

I have great respect for the committee. Nobody wants your job. I came here 14 years ago, and looking back on years that have gone by, I met Charlie Rangel as a colleague here, and then I learned sometime after that we were fellow veterans…

I would like to clarify the intent of section 312 of H.R. 2701 regarding the authorization of the Intelligence Officer Training Program. As I understand it, that section will authorize the Director of National Intelligence to provide…

I would hope that, and I think it will happen, that we are going to base our study on this situation, antibiotics, on science.

Congressmen Leonard Boswell and Aaron Schock proposed a bill that creates an incentive to not only give our veterans jobs, but to give them the keys to the front door.

That total process was very offensive. It was like you deliberately tried to blindside some of us.

Eighty-four percent of our seafood is imported, and there have been serious questions raised about the contamination with pesticides and other chemicals.

We think that the USDA system, which requires equivalency before a country can send their products to the United States, is an appropriate protection for American consumers.

I happen to think there is global warming going on, and there is science to prove it.

We are stewards of that. We take it seriously.

We do not want to have unsafe food. It is just as simple as that.

We have the safest, most plentiful, least expensive food in the world.

I can't agree with you on this at all. The Denmark study that you mentioned has been refuted by the scientists who really understand this.

H.R. 1549 will have detrimental effects not only on our farmers who feed the world safe and wholesome meat and products, but also on public health.

As policymakers, we must take a hard look at how our decisions affect human health and our ability to feed ourselves and the world.

Without an ag offset program, America's farmers and ranchers will have no incentive to act on their ability to capture as much as 20 percent of domestic carbon dioxide emissions.

I am concerned that in our justifiable haste to confront climate change, agriculture and rural communities will be unduly harmed.

I remain committed to improving our nation's emissions of greenhouse gases, and believe forests... are one of the keys to a successful Federal program.

We can either decide to do something or leave it alone.

I think there is a solution, and I think I am looking at the people who can put it together.

To the extent fraudulent activity is taking place and hard-working Americans are getting taken to the cleaners by shysters, we need to find out if Federal regulators have the tools necessary to protect consumers.

Every person in this country has a vested interest in agriculture.

What is the point of shifting that dependence when we have a chance to work together and develop this next generation and keep moving?