[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 67 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3760]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH BILL

  (Mr. DOOLEY of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOOLEY of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise to make sure all my 
colleagues fully understand that we are soon to be considering a rule 
on the agricultural research bill, and I think everyone should 
understand exactly what is about to happen.
  Through the Committee on Agriculture, we were able to fashion an ag 
research, a crop insurance bill, as well as a food stamp reform bill 
that had broad bipartisan support. It was a bill that went to 
conference. It was signed by all the Republican and Democrat conferees. 
It was a bill that passed the Senate by a vote of 92-8.
  Last night, the Committee on Rules has reported a bill that is 
basically going to unravel this carefully crafted conference report. 
Anyone who chooses to vote for this rule has to understand what they 
are doing. They are taking a slap at every farmer in this country, 
farmers who are struggling to maintain their viability, because this 
rule will gut the crop insurance fix which is so vital.
  They will also be having a slap in the face to our universities who 
are performing the agricultural research, which is so important to our 
international competitiveness of the agriculture sector. And they are 
also slapping in the face all the legal immigrants who have the 
opportunity to get vital food stamps.
  Vote no on this rule.

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