Charles W. Stenholm: “Mr. Speaker, if this rule passes, the crop insurance program is going to be thrown into turmoil, because it cannot and…”

“Mr. Speaker, if this rule passes, the crop insurance program is going to be thrown into turmoil, because it cannot and will not pass in the form in which the House leadership has suggested that it should pass. It will not. So let it be clear, if the rule should pass, the blame lies with the House of Representatives on what happens afterward. And that is not just Charlie Stenholm speaking. I have a list of 76 organizations that have come to the same conclusion, and I will read just a few: the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, the National Cotton Council, the American Sheep Industry, Southwest Peanut Growers, National Farmers Union, American Farm Bureau Association, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, American Bankers Association, Independent Bankers Association, Catholic Charities U.S.A., Council of Jewish Federation, Lutheran Social Services in America, and I can go on and on. We are playing politics with the lifeblood of individual citizens of this country, farmers and ranchers, and also those who depend upon the production of those farmers and ranchers.”