Leonard L. Boswell

We can make big steps forward in improving the environment and the emissions and all those things, and still reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

It is a threat to our future if we stay in bondage to OPEC.

If we want a real solution to climate change then we should focus on incentives, not mandates.

We must continue to pave the way for second generation biofuels, to create energy diversity, and not limit our home grown feedstocks.

We must make sure our energy policies are not held hostage by those who are not friends to production agriculture.

We are all aware of the economic crisis our nation is facing and the effects that crisis is having on businesses across the country; however, oftentimes the agricultural economy is overlooked.

You can't effectively lead us if we can't have witnesses come and give us their best of their experience.

If you are being muzzled or if you can't come up here and tell us what we need to know--I mean, you are an expert.

I hope we get into a real solutions discussion on how we are going to deal with these bottlenecks we have in Chicago.

Everybody, every man, woman, and child, has a vested interest in the farm bill. We have access to the most plentiful, safest, least expensive food in the world. Mr. Rangel gets it. Mr. Ackerman gets it. We should all get it.

Just the last word I'll say is we always want to remember it's the taxpayers' money. It's not Washington's money, it's not the government's money, it's the taxpayers' money, and we want to do everything we can to make sure that everything…

In the last 2 years, we have done a little bit more than this for this good cause, and it's something that's helping law enforcement out across the country. And it's not big bucks, it's pretty small. But then again, you've got to work with…

This is a very dear thing to people in my State. [...] It is a very serious matter, and it needs attention.

I rise in support of H.R. 2417. As the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, working with the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Gibbons), we have observed firsthand the dedication and the…

I have got some rural area and some urban area, got some rural area that is very sparse, very poor, and I am very concerned about does this really cover the things that are needed, does this really provide those much-needed things? Some of…

I personally am willing to stay here until the cows come home if we can deal with this tonight, tomorrow or whatever. I think as I have walked around these halls the last several days that there is a toll-free number in Grand Forks that…