Eva M. Clayton: “The whole gamut. In other words, Mr. Chairman, we will get the drainage that is needed for Princeville.”

I wanted to say that after almost 2 years, the House and the Senate have finally come together on a farm bill, and the rule that we will vote on is a rule that is appropriate and I will vote for the rule. Is this farm bill a perfect farm…

I want to raise first the issue of rural development... Unless we speak to those issues that allow for rural areas to make up for that differential, this welfare bill is not adequate. Let me speak about another issue on which I have been…

I have come to say that the point of order should not stand in the way of us responding to the urgency of our dairy farmers. They have the same urgency. There needs to be some vote up or down. We should have a right to at least debate it…

I am reminded that a Nation that cannot feed itself, indeed, cannot secure its food, cannot secure its population. In his book The Third Freedom, former Senator and the 1972 nominee for President candidate was George McGovern. He reflects…