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I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of subtitle B of title III the following: SEC. 316. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS OR AWARDS FOR DROP-IN…
This amendment is a pretty straightforward amendment. It does two things. One, it saves and conserves valuable taxpayer dollars to be used on higher priority issues, and it holds the Department of Defense accountable for current law. Mr…
The gentleman is incorrect in the sense that this does not, over the next year or 2 or 3, however long sequestration is going to be in place, measurably affect climate change one way or the other. The small amounts of fuel that are allowed…
How much time do I have? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas has 2 minutes remaining.
It baffles me when farm bill detractors question our commitment to specialty crops, implying that our country lacks a national food policy just because we treat specialty crops differently than traditional commodities.
Absent a plan, I fear regulators will respond to a crisis with the only tool in their arsenal--a bazooka of money.
What I do know is that markets are comprised of millions of people interacting and responding to incentives.
I don't think there is a better man for the job of Secretary of Agriculture in these challenging times.
Your work to begin reining in the Waters of the U.S. regulation, by putting in place a new rule that fully respects private property rights, federalism, and no fewer than three Supreme Court rulings, is critical to helping dismantle this…
Ensuring that the credit programs match the current and future needs of farmers and ranchers is particularly important.
We need a strong farm bill to provide a safety net against sustained market downturns.
We are faced with an unenviable choice of the fact that there is infinite demand for health care. There is no top on the amount of healthcare cost necessary to provide all the health care that we want for everybody in this country, and we…
Thank you for convening a hearing into the vital issues facing American dairy farmers today.
Canada needs to hold up its end of the bargain, not leave American companies--and the workers and farm families they support--holding the bag.
Nothing in the enclosed report suggests gutting SNAP or abolishing a program that serves so many.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the most important nutrition assistance program in the United States.
What we desperately need are programs that mitigate risk for entrepreneurial activities that allow farmers to tap into new markets and generate more profit.
The bottom line is that the H-2A Program is insufficient for meeting the needs of our growers, and it disproportionately hurts small farmers.
If we are going to be spending money on these programs, we have to be spending it in the best way possible in a way that helps to provide an economic and a political benefit at home not just overseas.
Cutting lifesaving programs does not improve upon assistance or stretch dollars to reach more people.
While this Committee cannot control the weather, we can provide our farmers and ranchers the tools necessary to protect and conserve not only the land, but also their way of life.
I implore the Committee to make sugarbeet research funding a priority in the 2018 Farm Bill to ensure a brighter future for both our families and our customers.
You can like the current farm policy or you can hate the current farm policy, but it delivers the most affordable food supply.
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