Mike Conaway

I'm going to oppose my good friend from Arizona's amendment. He tried this in the CR 1 and lost this vote. This is a bad way to attack this policy. Quite frankly, the Ag Committee did a good-faith effort in addressing what we thought were…

I want to make a couple of quick points. The ranking member, the former chairman of the Ag Committee, made a good point, which is the percentages that get bandied about in this regard that seem to make the arguments a little more…

I also oppose the amendment. This amendment does not save one nickel in fiscal 2012. It's a bit theater. And unlike mohair, peanuts and cotton have a little different circumstances. The storage that is talked about here is only paid if the…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My colleague is very passionate, but he is also very wrong. This money does not go to Brazilian farmers. That's illegal for us to do that. What it does do, it does go to an institute that promotes Brazilian…

Once again we have come to a point where I need to defend the work of the Ag Committee, the authorizing committee, the committee that knows the most about this process. The $125,000 limit is picked out of whole cloth. It is made up. It is…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding the time. I have just recently gotten back from Afghanistan, and it is hard doing what we're trying to get done there, but the narrative we have in place today is better than at any point in time since…

I would just simply respond that, again, the value for the taxpayer at the end of the day is what we need to do. We're going to have to cut costs across this government, and that's going to mean that people are going to have to do…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.

I have to oppose the gentleman from California's amendment. While it is straightforward, it is bad policy, quite frankly. At first blush, where is the 60 miles? It just says ``military installations.'' If you go to Fort Hood, there are a…

I do oppose the gentleman from Connecticut's amendment on the grounds that it's really bad policy. Having spent several years working with the acquisition system, that is relatively complicated throughout the Department of Defense, to add…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes.

If I thought there was a mileage issue that made sense, then the proponent's amendment might make sense. But I quite frankly don't believe that is the case. As my colleague from Pennsylvania said, if we need to streamline the processes…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining on both sides. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas has 3\1/2\ minutes. The gentleman from California has 2\1/4\ minutes.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for those kind words. While I'm disappointed that we were not able to work out an agreement that would include this language in the NDAA, I do understand that there have been issues raised with the amendment, as…

I want to thank the chairman for the colloquy and urge adoption of the underlying NDAA.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, I appreciate the chairman's words, and I hope those aren't mutually exclusive, being distinguished and being from Texas. I rise in strong, strong support of this year's Intelligence authorization bill…

I thank the gentleman for allowing me the time. I rise, Mr. Speaker, to pay tribute to the renaming of this courthouse for two of west Texas's favorite sons, President George Herbert Walker Bush and his son, George W. Bush. The community I…

Playing politics with our troops and their families is simply wrong. We must not allow for a soldier's family to worry about making their house payment or putting groceries on the table because Congress can't pass a budget. And while…

I thank the gentlewoman. We have to get this right. I rise in opposition to this motion. I use that phrase, it comes from David Petraeus' testimony in the last 2 days in front of the House Armed Services Committee. He tells a poignant…

I appreciate being here to participate in the Constitution Caucus's comments on our Constitution. We labor under sometimes, basically all times, the misguided idea that we're the smartest people that ever walked the face of the Earth, that…

I am here today to address regulations, primarily pending, that fall under the jurisdiction of the subcommittee I chair. These regulations, many of which seem to be both illogical and prescriptive, possess the ability to adversely impact…

Rural electric cooperatives are not financial entities, and therefore should not be overburdened by new regulation or associated costs as if we were financial entities.

While it was not ultimately the legislation that became law, I believe the same principles should be applied as we exercise our oversight responsibilities over implementation of Dodd-Frank.

Title VII isn't just about financial firms--it has the potential to impact every segment of our economy, from farmers and ranchers, to manufacturers and energy companies, to health care and technology.

If CFC is unnecessarily swept up in onerous new margining and clearing requirements, electric cooperatives will likely have to pay higher rates and fees on their loans, and those costs will ultimately be passed on to rural consumers.