[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12007]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS AND COOL LEGISLATION

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge the important work 
this body undertook last night by passing the fiscal year 2006 
Agriculture Appropriations Act. This bill took an important step toward 
helping the farmers of America and my district in North Carolina. 
Farmers are the backbone of our communities, and we must provide the 
resources they need. My colleagues and I worked hard to exercise fiscal 
restraint on this bill without cutting those programs crucial to 
helping farmers. I feel strongly the bill we passed yesterday did just 
that.
  I would also like to thank this body for voting to uphold a provision 
that delays the country-of-origin labeling process until it can be 
dealt with correctly, through current proposed legislation. This delay 
will allow my colleagues and me on the House Committee on Agriculture 
time to complete our work on H.R. 2068, the Meat Promotion Act of 2005 
sponsored by the gentleman from Virginia (Chairman Goodlatte).
  H.R. 2068 will establish a market-driven, cost-effective, voluntary 
COOL program for meat such as beef, poultry and pork.

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