Political Quotes

“House Resolution 295 provides for a closed rule for consideration of H.R. 2642. However, I think it is important to recognize that while the rule before us today is closed, this legislation, exactly the legislation, has gone through an amendment process on this floor, was debated--just a few weeks ago--debated, discussed, and voted on. The amendments which were agreed to as a result of that process are in this underlying legislation. Mr. Speaker, the bill before us today is the exact same language that this body considered in June with two important considerations and exceptions. Unlike last month, this legislation contains a repeal of the 1949 backstop, which means that in the farm bill we will do away with that 1949 law as the backstop to the farm products and legislation. However, it does not include the nutrition programs from the previous bill. We will hear that today. On the other hand, however, this bill does include the exact same language as the previous bill, including adopted amendments. Since the House considered a farm bill last month, there has been a great deal of and many conversations, including today with Members, that have raised significant concerns with the language as it was previously drafted. The chief concern was the inclusion of a nutrition policy in the agriculture bill. Therefore, after careful consideration of all aspects of the issue, the decision was made to consider nutrition and agriculture policy separately.…”