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 429, after line 4, insert the following: ``(16) Chronic wasting disease.--Research and extension…

I thank the ranking member for that question. It is an important part of this discussion. Actually, first of all, it is important for people to understand that, let me just say upfront, chronic wasting disease is not transmitted to humans…

All farm deer must be CWD certified, meaning testing for over 5 years, to be eligible for interstate shipment and commerce, and there is a USDA Federal rule, all farm deer in the Federal herd certification program must test 100 percent of…

I thank Chairwoman Foxx for yielding and for her leadership in the area of education, workforce development, career and technical education. It is greatly appreciated and a pleasure and honor to work with the gentlewoman. Mr. Speaker…

73 years ago, Nazi Germany's forces formally surrendered, marking the end of World War II in Europe. Today, we commemorate Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day. Celebrations erupted throughout the world on May 8, 1945, to mark the end of the…

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day was last Saturday, the last Saturday in April. Today, President Trump announced that nearly 1 million pounds of prescription drugs were disposed of at sites across the country. The Drug Enforcement…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. We have been down this road before, and yet, again, we are witnessing attempts to remove rural America's connectivity to the national air…

Let me just deal with some of the rumor mongering that is happening within this Chamber. One of the things I hear is that the nutrition title of the farm bill results in a significant number of individuals from receiving SNAP. Frankly…

Last week, the House Agriculture Committee marked up and approved H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018. Along with the critical farm supports, the farm bill also authorizes and provides funding for the Supplemental Nutrition…

Today there are a lot of boys and girls in the Capitol who are dressed for success and ready to get to work. Of course, I am talking about Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. While my three sons are grown and my oldest has children of…

I appreciate the gentlewoman's leadership on this. The fact that we had two great hearings, which were on top of a lot of the work that we have been doing as a Congress, this really is an all-hands-on-deck public health crisis, and we know…

I thank the gentlewoman and my chairman from the House Education and the Workforce Committee for hosting this Special Order tonight on an issue that is impacting every ZIP Code in America. The gentlewoman's poster says it all. This is…

Yesterday I introduced a bill with my colleagues, Congressman Jim Langevin and Congressman David Young of Iowa, to modernize the charter of the National FFA Organization. FFA, formerly called the Future Farmers of America, was founded in…

Yesterday, April 23, the Army Reserve marked 110 years in service to the Army and the United States of America, evolving from the Medical Reserve Corps in 1908 to the most capable, combat-ready, and lethal Federal Reserve force in our…

Today is tax day. Typically, Americans dread this day--the deadline for filing Federal income tax returns--thanks to a cumbersome, complex, and confusing Tax Code. But fear not. Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this is the last time…

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Today we commemorate the birthday of a monumental figure in our Nation's history, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson, who was our third President, was the principal author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and is known as one of the…

I think we are going to see many coming out in favor of this proposed farm bill and specifically the nutrition title. Two articles came out today. The first one is from USA Today entitled, ``Food-Stamp Work Requirements Will Lift Americans…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, the timing is good for our approach here, isn't it? We have an economy where, for the first time maybe in 10, 15 years, we see wages rising and we see job creation. Even before this most…

I thank the gentleman for being a part of the Agriculture Committee and thank him for his great work on behalf of the folks in Tennessee. As the gentleman from Tennessee was saying, what we are talking about is, part of the nutrition title…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership and for joining us here this evening. One of the things I really love about the Agriculture Committee is, quite frankly, what we do. Everyone eats, nutrition matters, and our Agriculture Committee…

I thank the gentleman for being a part of this important Special Order tonight, because nutrition matters and farmers feed. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield to a gentleman from another part of our Agriculture Committee leadership from…

I thank the gentleman for being part of this Special Order. All of the hearings that we had were bipartisan, great bipartisan input into the hearings, and there is nothing in the nutrition title that really hasn't come out as a part of…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership and for leading what has been one of the most transparent processes. The amount of hearings that we have had, over 20 hearings just on nutrition, 80 witnesses--a job well done. You know, there is a…

We appreciate the opportunity to be here tonight to join with my colleagues for this Special Order. Over the past 3 years, the House Agriculture Committee has been diligently working on the next farm bill, which sets agriculture and food…