Glenn Thompson: “Just once again, let me thank the gentleman for his amendment. Let me also say that this farm bill, from my perspective…”

“Just once again, let me thank the gentleman for his amendment. Let me also say that this farm bill, from my perspective, is groundbreaking with what is in the base language with healthy forests, and the series of amendments that we have seen made in order. The people that will vote for this farm bill today are ones that are concerned with too much CO<INF>2</INF> in the area, because the work that we do as a result of this farm bill, if you are concerned about climate change and you are concerned about CO<INF>2</INF>, this is probably the most effective piece of legislation to deal with that in my 10 years serving here in Congress, because, once again, these forests--and I am a little biased. I am from Pennsylvania, Penn Wood. We have more trees today than we did when William Penn got the charter. Our healthy forests are our largest carbon sinks. It is the most effective tool that we have to take CO<INF>2</INF> out of the air and to deal with any impact that CO<INF>2</INF> may have on climate change. So certainly anyone who is concerned about that, talks about that, needs to support this amendment and certainly needs to support the underlying bill. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Faso). The amendment was agreed to. The Acting CHAIR. The Chair understands that amendment No. 24 will not be offered. Amendment No. 25 Offered by Mr. Massie The Acting CHAIR.…”