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I am rather happy to see that for the first time in years we have a surplus. Too many people, though, are ignoring that we have a surplus because of the Social Security trust fund surplus for this year. Any dollars that we spend over and…
the legislation pending before the House, H.R. 10, the Financial Services Competition Act, contains numerous provisions that cause concern. Specifically, I'd like to bring to the attention of the Members of this body the section of the…
I have been here for the purposes of hoping to hear in the schedule for next week that we were going to have campaign finance reform up, since that was sort of agreed to here when we had a discharge petition that was pulled down, and we…
I take this 5 minutes to further clarify some of the discussions that we had a moment ago concerning the question of campaign finance reform. I want to make it very clear for those who are negotiating on what the rule shall look like and…
Timing could not possibly be a problem, because here it is 3:30 on Thursday afternoon. We have adjourned for the week. There will be no votes tomorrow, on Friday, no votes on Monday, and no votes on the next Friday. There was a promise…
Guaranteed'' is correct. But the bottom line is, is it a good investment and for whom is it a good investment? It is a good investment for American agriculture. And to those who continue to drag your feet and say we could not even bring…
reclaiming my time, these are loan funds. When loan funds are granted and paid back, there is no loss to the taxpayers of America. The gentleman knows this and I know this.
these elite groups that we heard talked about a moment ago that are sneaking this through include the American Farm Bureau Federation, Dairy Farmers of America, National Cattlemen's Beef Association and, U.S. Wheat Associates. To all of…
let me remind all of my colleagues that we have a discharge petition at the Clerk's desk. It has 187 signatures on it. If we can get to 218 Members of the House who wish to see campaign finance reform, all ideas, the Shays-Meehan and all…
I have spent several years analyzing whether or not this is a fair rental as far as the competitiveness with other ranchers. It is not just my judgment that causes me to support the bill today. It is cattlemen from all over the United…
What we have today is the best good-faith compromise to reach an agreement midway between extreme views. This is what the bill before us today is all about. We talk about the grazing fees. I think it is important for all Members who may…
I do not disagree with that. My concern or my opposition to what the gentleman, both gentlemen are attempting to do, lies in the fact that nearly 50 percent of Western lands are owned by the Federal Government. Fully 50 percent of the…
no, that is not the point that I was making in the debate. What I am saying, when we start picking arbitrary numbers, we begin to get into all kinds of problems with the industry which we are discussing today. That is my only point.
The Dairy Indemnity Program has been a small element of total agricultural policy over the years. It has, however, been the difference between many dairy farm families being able to continue in business and being forced to liquidate.
though much of the debate on correcting the undercount of the census is centered around the number of people not counted in urban areas, as one who represents a very rural district, I want to highlight the fact that people in rural areas…
I want to first begin by commending the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer], the chairman, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Rangel], the ranking member, and the President of the United States for their work in putting together this…
I am a great supporter of WIC. It does wonderful things for people that need wonderful things done for them. This bill, as presented to us, increases by $118 million the amount of dollars in the WIC Program. If it will take more, I will be…
in regard to whether or not what we did last year had any effect on farmers, I would like to insert into the Record a letter from the Stevenville Production Credit Association that stated if we did the 10-percent reduction last year in the…
The sugar program has not cost the U.S. Treasury 1 cent since 1985. Fact: We will reduce the deficit by $288 million over the life of the farm bill that some said was not reformed. Now I want to talk about M&M candy. I like M&M candy. They…
listening to this debate, I am reminded of the wisdom of Will Rogers when he observed, ``It ain't people's ignorance that bothers me so much. It's them knowing so much that ain't so which is the problem.'' This bill does not cut Social…
this amendment repeals a provision in Public Law 104-37, the Fiscal Year 1996 Agricultural Rural Development and Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, directing the conveyance of the Pecan Genetics and…
the ARS has spent $100,000, roughly, studying the dump and has found it to be a typical dump with a little methane gas and other benign chemicals, and therefore to do what Federal regulations would require the State of Texas, Texas A&M…
I rise in support of this reconciliation bill. This bill takes another important step toward achieving a balanced budget. As one who believes that enactment of a fair and responsible plan to balance the budget by 2002 and beyond is…
many Members have called this a historic day. I slightly disagree. Today has the potential to be a historic day but only if we are willing to do much more heavy lifting than we have been willing to do thus far. I am disappointed that the…
this has been a good debate and a true competition of ideas. Today I find myself in the past agreeing quite often with the chairman from Florida, but today I respectfully differ with the bill that he brings to the floor and…
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