Collin Peterson

Reclaiming my time. This was done correctly. The 14 titles that were overridden yesterday were passed in an identical manner between the House and the Senate. They were vetoed by the President in that manner. The bill, once the Senate…

It is not a constitutional quagmire. I don't know why people bring this up, because it was clear in this 1892 court case what the situation is. The thing is, we initially asked, if I could explain, if it was possible to re-enroll the bill…

I thank the gentleman. As I understand it, it was just a glitch in the printing of the document that went to the White House. They vetoed the bill missing title III and didn't recognize it. As I understand, the Constitution says that when…

The House bill didn't have a paid-for disaster provision in it, the Senate bill did. And so when we molded these together, we put these disaster provisions in, and we paid for them, the first time that we actually paid for a disaster with…

These prices that everybody talks about, if you are a real farmer out there and goes to your elevator, you cannot get a contract at these prices. And if you really want to do something here on this floor that will do some good, it would be…

I recognize the gentlewoman's leadership. I think we can solve this problem with a letter to USDA. So if the gentlewoman will work with me, we will do that. I think we can get this resolved. I support you on this.

But I just want to make clear that in my opinion what we're doing here is not a tax increase. And frankly, what we ought to be doing is investigating why we have all these people on the payroll at the State Department and at the Treasury…

The Davis-Kirk amendment to the 2007 farm bill would erase sugar policy measures that are designed to save taxpayers funds and prevent the U.S. sugar market from being overrun with subsidized foreign sugar. The economic impact in Minnesota…

I think what people need to understand, the farmer that sold the day before Katrina got his money out of the marketplace, and what the LDP did is protect those farmers that sold later to get the same price that farmer got right before…

I want to thank Ms. Kaptur for bringing up this issue. As chairman of the Agriculture Committee and representative of the largest turkey-producing industry in the United States, I share your concern and interest in making sure that we are…

I don't believe there is a tax increase in this bill. I have looked at it. I am a CPA, and I think you can say it either way, but I don't believe it is a tax increase. The $60 billion did come out of baseline not because anybody cut it…

So, Mr. Hastings, could you clarify for me that it is not the intent of section 207 of House Resolution 6 to prohibit a Member to use his or her own airplane; specifically, that is not intended to apply to the use of the Members'…

I rise in support of H.R. 4559. Mr. Green's bill would allow the towns of Laona and Wabeno in Wisconsin to purchase two parcels of marginal Forest Service land for development. Those towns, as was noted, suffer from low timber prices and a…

I rise in support of H.R. 5103. Mr. Boucher's bill will convey about 6 acres of land within Jefferson National Forest back to the Lutheran Church to allow them to restore and preserve the historic Konnarock Lutheran Girls School in Smyth…

The farmland protection program is an important program that helps farmers preserve their land for the future and to combat urban sprawl. The program works with State and local groups to purchase conservation easements to ensure farmland…

Well, they are hauling them to Texas because there is a processing facility. The only point I am trying to make, Mr. Chairman, is that some of these issues they are claiming they are going to solve with this bill are not going to be…

I do not think we have any additional speakers, and so I yield back the balance of my time.

In my judgment it is unfortunate we are getting to this situation. But people need to understand that if we put the price of milk at a high level, dairy farmers are very good at producing and they are going to make milk; and they are going…

That is correct. The point I was making is any individual can only give under current law, and Shays-Meehan does not touch that. And we also have a limit that any individual can only give $25,000 to 435 people. He can only give to $25,000…

I ask us to support funding education in an evenhanded, fair way, that funds education all across America, not just to the President's friends.

I, too, want to rise in support of this amendment because I also think that some of the rhetoric on this piece of legislation has been overblown. I think that the other side of the aisle is to be commended, in that they have moved in our…

I would like to know, the statement was made earlier this is all self-financing. What do you charge an F minus-minus company to make it a viable situation? How much do you have to charge a company like that? If you went into a bank and had…

Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot of talk on this floor about how this program does not cost any money. I would just like to read out of the committee report here, page 11, where it has got the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate…

We have huge regional fights within this industry, and we have an opportunity finally with this compromise to end those fights and put this industry on a more level playing field, to move us to a more market-oriented policy... we are…