[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 89 (Thursday, June 20, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E936]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. RUSH HOLT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 20, 2013

  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, during debate of the rule (H. Res. 
271) and during consideration of amendments to H.R. 1947, Federal 
Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act and of 2013, I was not able 
to be present for Recorded Votes. Had I been present during the vote 
series, I would have voted as follows:
       ``no'' on rollcall vote 254, On Ordering the Previous 
     Question;
       ``no'' on rollcall vote 254, On Agreeing to the Resolution 
     to provide for consideration of H.R. 1947;
       ``no'' on rollcall vote 255, On Approving the Journal;
       ``yes'' on rollcall vote 256, On Amendment No. 1 offered by 
     Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts to restore the $20.5 billion in 
     SNAP by offsetting the Farm Risk Management Election Program 
     and the Supplemental Coverage Option;
       ``yes'' on rollcall vote 257, On Amendment No. 3 offered by 
     Ms. Foxx of North Carolina to cap spending on the Farm Risk 
     Management Election program at 110% of CBO-predicted levels 
     for the first five years in which payments are distributed;
       ``no'' on rollcall vote 258, On Amendment No. 5 offered by 
     Mr. Broun of Georgia to repeal permanent law from the 
     Agriculture Act of 1949 that pertains to dairy support and to 
     prevent the currently suspended law from becoming reactivated 
     should Congress not reauthorize programs under the Department 
     of Agriculture;
       ``yes'' on rollcall vote 259, On Amendment No. 8 offered by 
     Mr. Blumenauer of Oregon to require that twenty percent of 
     the acreage enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program be 
     set aside for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program 
     and the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program, which allows 
     states to target high priority and environmentally sensitive 
     land and to continually re-enroll that land in CRP;
       ``yes'' on rollcall vote 260, On Amendment No. 9 by Mr. 
     Blumenauer of Oregon to reform the Environmental Quality 
     Incentives Program (EQIP) to increase access for farmers and 
     to eliminate payments to projects that do not show strong 
     conservation benefits;
       ``yes'' on rollcall vote 261, On Amendment No. 14 by Ms. 
     Kaptur of Ohio to improve federal coordination in addressing 
     the documented decline of managed and native pollinators and 
     to promote the long-term viability of honey bees, wild bees, 
     and other beneficial insects in agriculture;
       ``yes'' on rollcall vote 262, On Amendment No. 15 offered 
     by Mr. Royce of California to reform U.S. international food 
     aid to allow for not more than 45 percent of authorized funds 
     to be used for assistance other than U.S. agricultural 
     commodities, yielding $215 million in annual efficiency 
     savings, enabling the U.S. to reach an additional 4 million 
     disaster victims. Curtails the practice of ``monetization'' 
     which, according to the GAO, is inefficient and led to a loss 
     of $219 million over three years. Reductions in mandatory 
     spending result in $150 million in deficit reduction over the 
     life of the bill;
       ``no'' on rollcall vote 263, On Amendment No. 16 offered by 
     Mr. Chabot of Ohio to repeal section 3102, which reauthorizes 
     the Market Access Program (MAP) until 2018.

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