E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 110 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 153 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2007 No. 121 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was The question was taken; and the S. 1877. An act to amend title 4, United called to order by the Speaker pro tem- Speaker pro tempore announced that States Code, to prescribe that members of pore (Mr. WELCH of Vermont). the ayes appeared to have it. the Armed Forces and veterans out of uni- form may render the military salute during f Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a hoisting, lowering, or passing of flag. DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER quorum is not present and make the f PRO TEMPORE point of order that a quorum is not ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- present. PRO TEMPORE fore the House the following commu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The nication from the Speaker: ant to clause 8, rule XX, further pro- Chair will entertain up to 10 1-minute HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ceedings on this question will be post- speeches on each side of the aisle. Washington, DC, July 26, 2007. poned. I hereby appoint the Honorable PETER The point of no quorum is considered f WELCH to act as Speaker pro tempore on this withdrawn. THE FARM BILL AND REFORMING day. CROP INSURANCE NANCY PELOSI, f Speaker, House of Representatives. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (Mr. COOPER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 f The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the minute and to revise and extend his re- gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. PRAYER marks.) The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. BARRETT) come forward and lead the Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, the one Coughlin, offered the following prayer: House in the Pledge of Allegiance. thing that we should all be able to Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina led Lord God, Your law and Your proph- agree on in this House regarding the the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: ets lead Your people to You. To follow upcoming farm bill is the need to re- them and discover enlightened truth I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the form crop insurance. The folks back only about the present age is to end up United States of America, and to the Repub- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, home are demanding that we cut Fed- in a blind alley. eral spending, and this is not only a May all lawmakers this day know indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. f great way to do it, it is probably the Your presence and seek Your guidance, best way to do it. that they may lead to true justice and MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE There are only 16 crop insurance lasting peace. Otherwise, Your people A message from the Senate by Ms. companies in America, but, sadly, each are left to flounder. Curtis, one of its clerks, announced one is addicted to corporate welfare Without You we are left with nothing that the Senate has passed without from Washington. Reforming these and accomplish only a mayhem of ac- amendment a concurrent resolution of companies can save at least $2 billion a tion without focus or direction. year without hurting a single farmer. You are the way, the truth, and life, the House of the following title: now and forever. Amen. H. Con. Res. 190. Concurrent resolution au- Let’s stop these middlemen from tak- thorizing printing of the brochure entitled ing 40 cents out of every dollar the tax- f ‘‘How Our Laws Are Made’’, the document- payers offer to help the American THE JOURNAL sized, annotated version of the United States farmer. Constitution, and the pocket version of the The Cooper-Waxman-McGovern The SPEAKER pro tempore. The United States Constitution. Chair has examined the Journal of the amendment unites this House, from The message also announced that the last day’s proceedings and announces conservative Blue Dogs to progressive Senate has passed bills of the following to the House his approval thereof. Members. It is a bipartisan approach. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- titles in which the concurrence of the We simply adopt the reform proposals nal stands approved. House is requested: of the Bush administration. That is all Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, pursu- S. 1642. An act to extend the authorization we do. These are not radical ideas; ant to clause 1, rule I, I demand a vote of programs under the Higher Education Act these are USDA approved. But these of 1965, and for other purposes. on agreeing to the Speaker’s approval S. 1716. An act to amend the U.S. Troop ideas will save over $2 billion a year. It of the Journal. Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recov- won’t kill the industry; it will just The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations trim back the massive subsidy flows. question is on the Speaker’s approval Act, 2007, to strike a requirement relating to Farm bill supporters should also en- of the Journal. forage producers. dorse these because they reduce the b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H8621 . VerDate Aug 31 2005 06:45 Aug 15, 2007 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD07\H26JY7.REC H26JY7 mmaher on PROD1PC70 with CONG-REC-ONLINE H8622 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 26, 2007 need for new revenue, and the Agri- Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. We all want to reform our farm policies culture Committee itself recognizes Speaker, some Members of Congress in the ‘‘next’’ farm bill. That is why the need for reform. They just want to are proposing legislation that would the bill that is coming forward from do it in the next farm bill. attempt to develop a new military the Agriculture Committee couldn’t f strategy for our troops in Iraq. This find any way to reform the crop insur- meddling by politicians ties the hands ance program. Luckily, it looks as THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR of our capable military. We should though the Rules Committee will make (Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee trust in the leadership of GEN David in order a rule that will force that asked and was given permission to ad- Petraeus and not second-guess his ef- upon the committee, saving up to 40 dress the House for 1 minute.) forts to protect American families. cents on the dollar. Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee. Mr. Senator JOE LIEBERMAN, former There are no meaningful limitations Speaker, being from Tennessee, the Democratic Vice Presidential can- on extraordinarily wealthy farmers. Volunteer State, I volunteered to visit didate, recently said, ‘‘The fanatics They talk about reform, but the limi- the men and women in uniform in Iraq . who exhort the tens of thousands tation raises only $46 million a year this past weekend. I wasn’t dis- to shout ‘Death to America’ ... don’t from 3,175 farmers. And if the farmer appointed. Our troops are well trained, distinguish between Republicans and can’t get their adjusted gross income well motivated, and successful. Democrats . and we should have the under $1 million, they ought to get a During my visit to Iraq, I visited common sense, let alone the sense of new CPA. Ramadi, which until just a few months responsibility to our country, to come I strongly urge my colleagues to just ago was a killing field overrun by al together to defend our Nation against read some of the news accounts like Qaeda. For the past 4 years, the people those who want to destroy us.’’ this morning’s Washington Post that of Ramadi were caught in a decision- Failing to secure Iraq will provide a talks about what is in this bill. And if making battle of which group, us or fertile ground for terrorist safe havens, you do, I think you will join with us in the extremists, offered them the best threatening America and our allies. supporting the Kind-Flake amendment. chance for a normal and free existence. Osama bin Laden and Zawahiri have f The insurgent extremists chose to both stated that Iraq is a central front URGING SUPPORT FOR THE win the local people over with the use in the global war on terror. We must STEARNS-BLACKBURN AMEND- of force, force against our American stop the terrorists overseas and not MENT troops and against any local who did face them again in the streets of Amer- (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was not support their radical agenda. Our ica. given permission to address the House troops, on the other hand, have reached In conclusion, God bless our troops, for 1 minute and to revise and extend out with friendship and support. and we will never forget September the 11th. her remarks.) The local people, seeing the dif- Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I ference, have chosen to have their lives f rise to address the concerns of many of return to normal and live in freedom. AL QAEDA our small businesses in the Seventh Ramadi has gone from a city of death (Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina District of Tennessee. The ongoing de- and destruction to one of rebuilding bate over illegal immigration has and hope.