Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 572, after line 23, add the following: SEC. 9122. PREVENTING THE ARRIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES OF FOREST PESTS THROUGH RESTRICTIONS ON THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN PLANTS FOR PLANTING. (a) Criteria for Adding Plants to Not Authorized Pending Pest Risk Analysis List.--Section 412(a) of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7711(a)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the following: ``(1) Regulation of movement.--The Secretary''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(2) Criteria for adding plants to not authorized pending pest risk analysis list.--In determining whether to add a genus of a plant for planting to the not authorized pending pest risk analysis list, the Secretary shall consider the environmental impact on natural, managed, and urban ecosystems in the United States of a pest that may be carried on a plant for planting.''. (b) Reporting Requirement.--Section 412(e) of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.…”