It is critical for the beef, pork, and poultry industries that language defunding these rules, once again, be included in the fiscal year 2017.

These new GIPSA rules present a myriad of problems that will only negatively affect producers.

As far as my testimony before the Committee, I am here specifically to talk about the new Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration rules.

Now, these are the same rules that a number of past appropriations bills specifically prohibited funding for implementation.

I wanted to address the Committee on a program that has worked very well in my rural district in upstate New York, the USDA Circuit Rider Program, to enhance rural water systems around our State and around our Nation.

Circuit Riders were the first on the scene and worked with the village over the course of a week, in conjunction with local operators, to flush the entire system and clear out large amounts of PFOA.

While this program is small, it is integral to ensuring clean water in rural areas.

I see tremendous value in these effective and proven methods of gaining new access for U.S. goods abroad and developing those market relationships.

Successful implementation of on-the-ground conservation is dependent on proper investment through the farm bill conservation title.

I know that livestock producers are a resilient bunch, but I am hopeful that the new Administration will continue efforts to roll back these regulations.

It's a great honor to serve on the House Agriculture Committee.

It is no secret that our water infrastructure is outdated and distressed in many places around the Nation.

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It was 16 years ago when I was embarking on a run for North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture that my uncle told me there was a man I needed to meet. That man was James H. Langdon, whom we all call J.H. Today I rise to honor his service…

First, I want to make mention to the fine ranking member of the committee that we did reach out, certainly, to as many staff on the Democrat side as we possibly could. Perhaps we could have done a little bit better job of that, but I do…

I yield to the gentleman from Oregon. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I am puzzled because, again, I have been on segments of the Intracoastal Waterway, which I guess he is saying are all declared to be Federal waters where there are no-wake…

Here is the situation. There is not a no-wake zone there because the Army Corps and the Coast Guard do not recognize it. The State passed a law requiring that there be a no-wake zone, but there is not one because Federal law, obviously…

Will the gentleman yield? Mr. DeFAZIO. I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina.

I have come here to the floor this afternoon because there is a specific and, I would argue, unique public safety concern that I have in my district right along the Intracoastal Waterway. Specifically, it is right there at Southport…

I think the problem specifically is that it is Federal water. I would add, again to paint a mental picture here, you have State and local officials that want to have a no-wake zone; and the only reason why there is not a no-wake zone there…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title I, add the following: SEC. __. NO WAKE ZONES FOR VESSELS. (a) In General.--The…

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We have an opportunity to do a great service for the country by passing H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, otherwise known as WRDA. By building off reforms made in the 2014 bill, WRDA 2016 reasserts congressional…

I want to again urge all of my colleagues in this Chamber to support this bill. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Rouzer) that the…

I thank my friend, the gentleman from Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the Farm Credit System for supporting agriculture and the rural communities in my home State of North Carolina for the past 100 years. Established in 1916…