I thank my good friend from Colorado for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, we have an opportunity in this session of Congress of getting rid of an onerous policy that has affected the delivery of health care throughout our country since…
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I want to thank my good friend from Massachusetts for yielding me this time and for the leadership that he has shown on the nutrition title and for the plight of hunger throughout our country. It is commendable. Mr. Speaker, I have been…
I thank my friend from Michigan for yielding. Mr. Speaker, what turned out to be a silly exercise has suddenly turned into an insane exercise. We find ourselves, for the 40th time in the House of Representatives, debating repeal of the…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In title XI, insert after the title heading the following: Subtitle A--In General At the end of title XI…
At this time I'd like to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), a champion for family farmers and for the nutrition program in the farm bill. Ms. DeLAURO. I rise in support of this amendment, strong support of…
In response. To my good friend in Minnesota, my average dairy herd size in western Wisconsin is 125 cows. I don't have the mega-dairy operations and that. So we'll have plenty of time to debate the federally run supply management program…
How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Wisconsin has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.
At this time, I'd like to yield 1 minute to my good friend, the gentlewoman from Maine (Ms. Pingree).
I thank my friend from Ohio for yielding me this time. I thought his summary was very accurate on what our amendment would do. What Mr. Gibbs didn't point out, though, is this would also save $12 billion over 10 years by a more fiscally…
Let me close by saying that, listen, I understand there's a lot of hard work that goes into the committee in producing a farm bill. I get that. But there are areas of cost savings that we can justify to the American taxpayer without…
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. Amendment No. 48 Offered by Mr. Carney The Acting CHAIR. It is…





