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June 15, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4239 POINT OF ORDER The point of order is sustained, and CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Mr. LUCAS. Madam Chair, I make a the section is stricken from the bill. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, point of order against section 743 which The Clerk will read. Washington, DC, June 15, 2011. begins on page 78, line 24, and ends on The Clerk read as follows: Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, Speaker of the House, page 79, line 2, in that it violates House SEC. 744. None of the funds appropriated or The Capitol, Washington, DC. rule XXI, clause 2, by changing exist- otherwise made available by this Act or any DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Due to my appoint- ing law and inserting legislative lan- other Act may be used to pay the salaries ment to the House Committee on Transpor- guage in an appropriation bill. and expenses of personnel of the Department tation and Infrastructure, I hereby resign I ask for a ruling from the Chair. of Agriculture to provide any benefit de- my position with the House Committee on The Acting CHAIR. Does any Member scribed in section 1001D(b)(1)(C) of the Food Small Business. Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(1)(C)) wish to be heard on the point of order? It has been an honor to serve as a Member to a person or legal entity if the average ad- of the Committee on Small Business, and I Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Chair, I justed gross income of the person or legal en- have been proud to work hard with my col- wish to be heard. tity exceeds $250,000. leagues to find solutions to the problems The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman POINT OF ORDER that small businesses face in America. I look from Massachusetts is recognized. Mr. LUCAS. Madam Chairman, I forward to representing the people of the 3rd Mr. MCGOVERN. Thank you, Madam make a point of order against section Congressional District of Tennessee as a Chair. Let me clarify what insisting on 744 which begins on page 79, line 3, and Member of the House Committee on Trans- this point of order means. ends on page 79, line 10, in that it vio- portation and Infrastructure. It means that the amendment that I appreciate the opportunity to have served lates House rule XXI, clause 2, by on the House Committee on Small Business, Ms. DELAURO offered in committee, changing existing law and inserting which was approved in the Appropria- and I look forward to working with you in legislative language in an appropria- the future. tions Committee, is nullified, which tion bill. Sincerely, means that Brazilian cotton farmers I ask for a ruling from the Chair. CHUCK FLEISCHMANN, get subsidies and poor pregnant women The Acting CHAIR. Does any Member Member of Congress. and children do not get the money for wish to be heard on the point of order? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without WIC. If not, the Chair will rule. objection, the resignation is accepted. b 1720 The Chair finds that this section ad- There was no objection. dresses funds in other acts. The sec- I have nothing against Brazilian cot- f tion, therefore, constitutes legislation ton farmers, but Brazil’s economy is RECESS in violation of clause 2 of rule XXI. doing pretty good right now. The point of order is sustained, and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The Rules Committee could have pro- the section is stricken from the bill. ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair tected the money for WIC. The Rules The Clerk will read. declares the House in recess until ap- Committee waived points of order The Clerk read as follows: proximately 8 p.m. today. against a whole bunch of stuff in this Accordingly (at 5 o’clock and 25 min- bill except for three provisions. So it SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enter into a con- utes p.m.), the House stood in recess wouldn’t have been unusual or extraor- tract, memorandum of understanding, or co- until approximately 8 p.m. dinary for the Rules Committee to pro- operative agreement with, make a grant to, f tect this provision. Many of us pleaded or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any with the committee to do just that, to corporation that any unpaid Federal tax li- b 2005 respect the work of the Appropriations ability that has been assessed, for which all Committee when it came to protecting judicial and administrative remedies have AFTER RECESS WIC, when it came to protecting poor been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is The recess having expired, the House pregnant women and children. not being paid in a timely manner pursuant was called to order by the Speaker pro to an agreement with the authority respon- tempore (Mr. KINGSTON) at 8 o’clock Madam Chair, my friends on the sible for collecting the tax liability. other side of the aisle say all the time and 5 minutes p.m. SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT that they’re with us in trying to cut f excessive subsidies and putting the SEC. 746. The amount by which the applica- ble allocation of new budget authority made AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOP- focus back on the people here in the by the Committee on Appropriations of the United States who need help. This MENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN- House of Representatives under section ISTRATION, AND RELATED would have been an opportunity. If not 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 now, when are we going to do this? exceeds the amount of proposed new budget AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS So, Madam Chair, I would hope that authority is $0. ACT, 2012 my colleagues on the other side of the Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Chairman, I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- aisle would reconsider and not insist on move that the Committee do now rise. ant to House Resolution 300 and rule their point of order. I think poor preg- The motion was agreed to. XVIII, the Chair declares the House in nant women and children in this coun- Accordingly, the Committee rose; the Committee of the Whole House on try who benefit from WIC are more im- and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. the State of the Union for the further portant right now than subsidizing CONAWAY) having assumed the chair, consideration of the bill, H.R. 2112. Brazilian cotton farmers. Mrs. MYRICK, Acting Chair of the Com- b 2006 Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Chair, I mittee of the Whole House on the state would like to speak to the point of of the Union, reported that that Com- IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE order. mittee, having had under consideration Accordingly, the House resolved The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman the bill (H.R. 2112) making appropria- itself into the Committee of the Whole from Georgia is recognized. tions for Agriculture, Rural Develop- House on the State of the Union for the Mr. KINGSTON. The gentleman says, ment, Food and Drug Administration, further consideration of the bill (H.R. If not now, when? It is our intention to and Related Agencies programs for the 2112) making appropriations for Agri- restore this at the proper place in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, culture, Rural Development, Food and bill, the DeLauro amendment. I wanted and for other purposes, had come to no Drug Administration, and related agen- to clarify that because we’ve discussed resolution thereon. cies programs for the fiscal year ending that, and we intend to follow through f September 30, 2012, and for other pur- with that. poses, with Mr. REED (Acting Chair) in The Acting CHAIR. The Chair is pre- RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF the chair. pared to rule. COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS The Clerk read the title of the bill. The Chair finds that this section ad- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- The Acting CHAIR. When the Com- dresses funds in other acts. The sec- fore the House the following resigna- mittee of the Whole rose earlier today, tion, therefore, constitutes legislation tion as a member of the Committee on the bill had been read through page 80, in violation of clause 2 of rule XXI. Small Business: line 2. VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:23 Jun 16, 2011 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15JN7.140 H15JNPT1 pwalker on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with HOUSE H4240 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 15, 2011 AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. KINGSTON they are proud of their product. To sound science in a process that was ap- Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, I have this occur and be promoted by the proved in January 2009, and they are have an amendment at the desk. Federal Government is wrong. going through a process right now to The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will re- So I’m trying to save money. But I’m make sure that this product does not port the amendment. also saying genetically we should never have a problem as respects human con- The Clerk read as follows: allow it to happen in the fishing indus- sumption. I think that, of course, At the end of the bill (before the short try. should be the number one issue. title), insert the following: I yield to the gentleman from Cali- There are also some other consider- SEC. ll. Each amount made available by fornia (Mr. FARR). ations in terms of food supply, feeding titles I through VI (other than an amount re- Mr.