[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9816]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       DENHAM-SCHRADER AMENDMENT

  (Mr. CARDENAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CARDENAS. Ladies and gentlemen, what we have here today is a 
failure to communicate.
  I am truly disappointed in this House because the farm bill that we 
just voted on and that did not pass was not ready because it was not 
balanced and it did not follow the rules as it should have.
  $20 billion from the mouths of the poorest children and families in 
America--that's one of the reasons I voted ``no'' on that bill. I also 
voted against the bill, in part, because we did not even debate an 
amendment that I also endorsed, which was the Denham-Schrader 
amendment. That would have been the appropriate thing to do, the proper 
order. We didn't take the proper order.
  I think it's very important for all of us to understand that what we 
witnessed here today wasn't a failure of government; it was a failure 
of some individuals to do the right thing and to even follow the rules 
that they say they want to follow. That's why we don't have a farm bill 
that passed. Hopefully, we can get back on track, follow the rules and 
pass a farm bill very soon.

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