Political Quotes

“I call up amendment No. 2439. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Coburn], for himself and Mr. Durbin, proposes an amendment numbered 2439. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To limit the amount of premium subsidy provided by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation on behalf of any person or legal entity with an average adjusted gross income in excess of $750,000, with a delayed application of the limitation until completion of a study on the effects of the limitation) At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ____. LIMITATION ON PREMIUM SUBSIDY BASED ON AVERAGE ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME. Section 508(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)) (as amended by section 11023(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(9) Limitation on premium subsidy based on average adjusted gross income.-- ``(A) Definition of average adjusted gross income.--In this paragraph, the term `average adjusted gross income' has the meaning given the term in section 1001D(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308 3a(a)).…”