[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 44 (Thursday, March 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 FARM BILL AWAITS WHILE POST OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE REMAINS VACANT

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton nominated Dan Glickman to 
be his Secretary of Agriculture on December 28, 1994, over 2 months 
ago. Here we are in the first week of March, and no hearings have been 
held on Mr. Glickman's nomination and it could be many weeks before the 
Secretary is confirmed.
  News reports indicate that the nomination is stalled because of 
unanswered questions. This is unfortunate as there is no proof of any 
wrongdoing.
  This Congress will begin holding hearings on the 1995 farm bill in 
the next few weeks, and the Clinton administration has nobody in charge 
of its agriculture policy. In fact, it would appear that agriculture 
policy generally is of minor concern to the administration. How can we 
write a fair and reasonable farm bill or establish agriculture policy 
when the lights are out in the Agriculture Secretary's office?


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