I reserve the balance of my time. I have no additional speakers except myself when I close. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I'm the final speaker on our side, so I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, this is about our values. This…

The opportunity, once again, as I stated at the very top of this rule that we began several hours ago, is that the Republican leadership and the Republican membership have great respect for men and women who have fallen on hard times. We…

As has previously been stated, it is the intent of the Republican leadership and this majority party to have a bill that will be available and ready that can pass on what might be considered the SNAP portions of this farm bill. What we're…

Last night we had the chairman of the Agriculture Committee, Mr. Lucas, who approached the committee and said he would like for us to consider this bill on farm bill portions. He indicated that he would follow up and had every intent to…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 295 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 295 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, at this time I am proud to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Butterfield).

I've represented my party and my leadership on the floor today in the most sincere way, with an opportunity for me to discuss with senior members, not just of the Rules Committee, but also of the Democratic leadership. And in no way, in no…

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…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, at this time I will insert in the Record the Statement of Administration Policy opposing this bill. Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget…

I'm here to tell you that the opportunity for the Rules Committee to put the bill on the floor, as we did several weeks ago, resulted in 172 Democrats voting against the bill, which meant that it did not make it out of the House, and…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).

I believe it's important for us to understand what's in the bill, and I'd like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lucas), the chairman of the Agriculture Committee.