I want to thank the gentleman for his leadership on this issue. As the former past Farm Bureau president in the State of Ohio and someone who is intimately familiar with these commodity programs, his lead has been crucial. He knows how the…

I yield the gentlewoman an additional 15 seconds. Ms. DeLAURO. GAO said that the cap would affect just under 4 percent. Crop insurance is the only farm support program subsidized by taxpayers and not subject to a payment limitation. This…

How much time remains, Mr. Chairman? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Wisconsin has 2\3/4\ minutes. The gentleman from Oklahoma has 6\1/2\ minutes.

I believe the chairman has the right to close. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oklahoma has the right to close and does still have time.

I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time, and I, too, rise in opposition to the Pay China First Act. Madam Speaker, I, for the life of me, do not understand why we are even seriously considering this legislation which would call for…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, the legislation before us today solves no problems. In fact, it just maintains the great uncertainty hanging over the U.S. and the global economy--whether or not we're going to…

I yield such time as he may consume to my very good friend, the gentleman from New Jersey, one of the leaders in the Energy and Commerce Committee, Mr. Pallone.

I have no further speakers. I encourage my colleagues to support H.R. 1845, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I want to thank my good friend, the gentleman from California, for his support of H.R. 1845, in particular, the SMART Act, and congratulate him, as well, on his distinguished career since he will be retiring at the end of this session of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. I want to first commend the chairman and the ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee, Mr. Camp and Mr. Levin, for the work they did in getting this legislation to the floor. I rise in…

Something that is not available to us until we're able to move this legislation here today. Now, as was pointed out earlier, Governor Romney indicated that Russia, in his view, is America's greatest geostrategic adversary in the 21st…

What we need is more cooperation and more effort in reforming a health care system that is complicated, that is too expensive. We have tools in place now in this legislation that will not only enable reforming the way health care is…