Marcy Kaptur: “I want to thank our very able subcommittee member the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Boyd) for speaking out on behalf of…”

“I want to thank our very able subcommittee member the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Boyd) for speaking out on behalf of the entire rights of the House and the Members of the House as well as the needs of agriculture. What is at issue? Rules that expand opportunities to import prescription drugs from countries where prices are lower. This is of interest to every single family in America. What we do not know is if our bill gets rolled into the transportation bill, what provisions get selected, if any, unless we have an open dialogue in full conference with our colleagues in the Senate. The House provisions? The Senate provisions? No provisions? We are very concerned about that. In addition to that, the design of and funding levels for emergency assistance to deal with drought, with floods and with disastrously low prices around this country. We know we have a terrible situation where even under current law many farmers and ranchers who have been harmed do not get any help.”