[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 9968-9969]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          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;

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  ``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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