On the recordDecember 28, 2012
If a person is a farmer or a rancher, saying this is not an emergency is cold comfort. Saying this will be addressed in the farm bill is cold comfort. When a person's land is burned up, when they have the worst drought in a century, it is an emergency, and getting help 6 or 8 months after it happens is unacceptable. We have a responsibility, having not gotten the farm bill done, to do these emergency provisions today. Please vote for the following waiver: Pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive all applicable sections of that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.
