Pete Sessions: “I appreciate the distinguished gentleman, Mr. Newhouse, for giving me the time. Mr. Speaker, it is true that, from time…”

“I appreciate the distinguished gentleman, Mr. Newhouse, for giving me the time. Mr. Speaker, it is true that, from time to time, the Rules Committee does need to take the authority and the responsibility that they have, and the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts will soon learn this next year as I assume he will assume that role as the new chairman of the Rules Committee. In fact, the arguments that are being made today relate to the substance of the bill. The bill that is at hand is very important, and that is the farm bill, the farm bill that we know has a 10-year window, that is net neutral, that protects the balances that we have talked about. But it updates not only the opportunities for people who were in rural areas to update that policy, but it reinvigorates our establishment by this House, and the United States Senate, that has already handled this bill, and the President, to reassert that which they believe is important; and that is, the men and women who live in the rural areas, the men and women who get up at 4 o'clock in the morning; men and women who are there protecting the grass roots, the soil, the topsoil of this country. We need them to serve not only this Nation but the world. It is true that hemp was added. Mr. Comer, who is a Member of Congress from Kentucky, last year began engaging me on this issue. We agreed that we would put it in.…”