Harold Volkmer: “Except in the current farm program, you have to crop the land in order to participate in the program.”

That explains why it was not in the bill when it passed the House and the Senate.

We have just been through a little charade here in the House. The last two votes on motions to table were purely what I call a charade as part of the total coverup that is going on in the ethics investigation of our Speaker. You know…

Now how many times has Fed Ex tried to get this provision in other bills unsuccessfully before this bill?

It is the effect of the resolution, is to give the Speaker the power of martial law.