I rise with great temerity in opposition to the amendment by the great gentleman from Michigan. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Wyoming is recognized for 5 minutes.

I move to strike the requisite number of words. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Wyoming is recognized for 5 minutes.

Respectfully, my chairman and I disagree on this issue. I raised this in our subcommittee of Appropriations, and his superior abilities to convince the subcommittee prevailed. But I weigh in on the side of Mr. Gibson and Mr. Gosar, and let…

I object. The Acting CHAIR. Objection is heard. The Clerk will continue to read. The Clerk continued to read.

This amendment would remove the restriction only on the fee-for-service horse meat inspection portion. Since fiscal year 2006, Congress has prohibited the use of Federal funds to inspect horses. However, the USDA allowed for a fee-for…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 77, line 12, strike the semicolon and insert ``; or''. Page 77, line 15, strike ``; or'' and insert a period. Page 77…

Would you consent to a departure as I use the remainder of my 5 minutes to discuss the issue of the stockyards and the GIPSA rule? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for the remaining time.

I would note that over the last 2 days we have heard how ag credit and rural housing have had deep cuts in this bill, and yet now we have an amendment that would cut more from them and would impart those funds on a program that between…

Before I withdraw the amendment, I wish to correct that this amendment has never been considered in committee or on the floor. This amendment only applies to the two lines in this horse inspection issue which deal with an individual's…

The gentleman from Virginia inadvertently misrepresented the terms of this amendment. They only applied to the fee-for-service component. With that, Mr. Chairman----

I thank the gentleman. Madam Chair, this is my third year in this Congress. During my first 2 years, the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate, and the Presidency, and during that time the subsidies or tax loopholes for the rich, for…

Our committee is only able to look at discretionary spending. We cannot look at mandatory spending, and we cannot look at programs that are subject to the 5-year farm bill, such as subsidies for farmers. I think subsidies for farmers can…

The speakers have chosen to cut $562 million out of WIC, which would have carried forward into this year, and this year would have carried forward into next year. That's because the WIC Program has a 2-year carryover. So, when the previous…

I would like to focus on what this bill does and what it does not do. First of all, it increases spending because mandatory programs are growing. The mandatory programs, like SNAP and Child Nutrition, are growing so rapidly that they…

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Wyoming is recognized for 5 minutes.

Reclaiming my time from the gentleman, the crisis is worse than the people realize, and, in fact, in some respects, the people are way ahead of us on this, which is why the people of this country chose to elect fiscal conservatives to run…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle did not produce a budget. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle did not raise taxes on the mineral industry as they now assert we should. My colleagues ran this…

In reclaiming my time, I do not believe that cotton farmers in either the United States or Brazil are more important than WIC Program participants. Mr. McGOVERN. Do you believe we have a hunger problem?

I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. McGOVERN. I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I guess my question to the gentlelady is: Does she believe we do not have a hunger or a food and security problem in this country and that…

It appears from the text of this program, the Ag Marketing Service, that the $77.5 million appropriated may be derived from fees that are collected for the cost of standardization activities as established by regulation, because, if you…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 89, beginning at line 14, strike section 547. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Wyoming is recognized for 5…

Thank you. My amendment would strike section 547, which would devote border security dollars to environmental mitigation along this country's southern border. The Border Patrol has unlimited access to private property, but the Border…

I thank the gentleman from New Mexico for yielding. I appreciate his leadership of the Western Caucus and look forward to this robust discussion tonight. The West is rich in natural resources. And natural resources, their good stewardship…

The Equal Access to Justice Act restrictions in this bill is necessary to avoid costly delays to domestic energy development based on the political agenda of a few groups. EAJA was established in 1980 as means for small businesses and…

I support his Roadmap for America's Future, and I look forward to seeing many of its provisions in the House budget for fiscal year 2012.