Earl Pomeroy: “Coal is the most abundant, most affordable energy source in the world.”

Mr. Speaker, the point of the farm bill at issue with this motion deals with a concept of public interest. Will private land adjacent to forest land be protected or will it be sold off and developed into very nice, very expensive private…

The notion that we are going to allow credit for risk ceded without any looking at whether or not there is a creditworthy partner providing the backstop, to me is just mind-boggling.

It is really on its face absurd. And I appreciate very much the leadership of this Committee in giving us these kinds of fora to have us sit in the sun and dissect it a little bit.

The thing that really gets me about all the work we've done is we have another lake rise of 2-3 feet bringing a new host of problems that only get more difficult.