Thomas Ewing: “Mr. Speaker, I do not normally suggest that we amend our Constitution, but it is simply time to adopt a balanced budget…”

So there is no provision in this act that would punish the farmer or exporter if the product exported eventually reached a responsible entity?

Number one, the Blackbird Institution is not regulated by this bill. It is not regulated now. We believe that this bill exempts them from any regulation so long as they are trading in the manner in which they have indicated they are. The…

I understand that is what the GAO report said; but sugar prices are low, and I have not, and I just wonder if the gentleman has, seen any reduction in candy bars or soda pop or any other commodity that the gentleman claims will be such a…

So, then, if I understand the gentleman, if a farmer exports grain to a country that the director of the Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring deems to contain responsible entities engaged in religious persecution, and exports that…