Political Quotes

“I do not lay this on the chairman's shoulders. I have an enormous amount of respect for the chairman. But the fact of the matter is that that $600 million did not deal with extension and research, the $10 million I am talking about, and I cite that as an example. Just a few months earlier than that, you set a 302(b) allocation for the Subcommittee on Agriculture of the Committee on Appropriations. The gentleman from New Mexico (Chairman Skeen) went to work, working with the ranking member, the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) and all of the Members. They came up with a bill within the allocation. They did everything right, and it is not right that agriculture should be bushwhacked on the floor of the House in this dark hour of despair by a $100 million cut. I urge Members, put party aside, put urban-rural aside, think about what is right and think about what is fair and reject this amendment.”