Well, I thank my good friend from Oregon for his support of the amendment and for his support throughout the years in trying to lead the effort for meaningful farm bill reform. Mr. Chairman, there is another solution to this that's going…

My amendment is very straightforward, and in a second I'm going to explain it in more detail. For many, many years now, I and a group of bipartisan Members of this Congress have formed a coalition in an attempt to move farm bill reform…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, the bill that we are debating today just goes too far. It repeals a scientific finding and represents an aggressive assault on the Clean Air Act, a bipartisan law originally…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST REGULATION…

I would like to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the coauthor of this amendment, my friend from New York (Mr. Owens). {time} 1810

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

This is a tax credit that goes directly to the private health insurance companies. And this bill would be better titled the Republican Tax Trap of 2014, 2015, 2016, and on and on and on, because that's exactly what's going to happen…

One out of every three health care dollars, or $800 billion we're spending a year that we're not getting a good bang for the buck. It's going to tests and procedures that don't work. And because of the overutilization and the overtreatment…

Madam Chair, my amendment is pretty straightforward and simple. It would eliminate two weapons programs that the Defense Department, Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the bipartisan fiscal commissions all say are not…

Again, the answer is not to invite a trade war. The answer is to fix our problem here in America by reforming the long overdue cotton subsidy program. We've got everything but murder going on here. We're being blackmailed by the Government…

I respect my colleagues' position. The answer is not to create a new $150 American subsidy program going to Brazil. The answer is to reform our programs now in the United States.

My amendment is very simple and straightforward. It would save the American taxpayers $150 million a year by ending a new American taxpayer subsidy that is going to Brazilian cotton agribusiness. If this program sounds crazy, it's because…