[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 21077-21078]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      SUPPORT THE COOPER AMENDMENT

  (Mr. COOPER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, whether you are for or against the upcoming 
farm bill, you should be able to support the Cooper amendment. It will 
be brought up next to last this afternoon, and everyone should be able 
to agree on it.
  First of all, the administration is for it because it coincides with 
administration reforms. And the chairman of the committee himself has a 
statement in today's National Journal that says he is going to launch a 
major national investigation of the crop insurance industry starting 
next week, after the bill passes.
  Well, why not start today? Let's clean up this mess today. We can 
save

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between 2 and 5 billion of taxpayer dollars that are currently being 
wasted.
  Let's save the American farmer. Let's improve this farm bill. Vote 
for the Cooper amendment this afternoon.

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