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russell, and a member will be-- the committee in order. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma. russ russ thank you, mr. chairman -- mr. russell: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, this amendment addresses but redirects -- it does not eliminate any funds from the value-added producer grants. these $18 million worth of grants are designed to generate new products, expand market opportunities and assist beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers, family farms and even veterans entering farming. unfortunately millions of these funds go to fund alcohol products. while there is nothing inherently wrong with alcohol products, the government funds that are used for promotion of these products through the program, we also note that the alcohol industry spends $7.6 million a year in lobbying costs. not only do these tax dollars used to fund the promotion of alcohol take away from nonalcohol-based farmers and ranchers, they also compete with the government itself. every year we spend millions of dollars to curtail the use and abuse of alcohol. according to the centers for disease control, the impacts and loss of alcohol abuse results in $249 billion a year in economic workplace absence, health care loss, criminal justice expenses and vehicle crash costs. mr. chairman, it makes no sense that the government should spend money to both promote and curtail an industry. this amendment preserves the value-added grants for farmers that have no $8 million a year industry to lobby for them, and it ends the duplicitous practice of the government being both for and against something that costs the nation nearly $250 billion in annual economic loss. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong opposition to the russell amendment, which if enacted would have a detrimental impact on producers across our nation, including many of my wine, grape and hops producers. mr. newhouse: as well as the beer and wine industry not only in my state but around the country. this amendment proposes to eliminate wine, distilled spirits, beer and other alcohol products from the value-added producer grant program administered by the usda. these industries in my state, and quite frankly across the nation, are a growing segment of our farm economy, producing -- providing thousands of jobs. it's also important to point out that -- the growing significance of wine and hops exports to their industries. last year my state exported $28 million of wine, representing 5% of our total production. in my home valley of the yak ma valley in the state of washington, we account for 75% of the u.s. production of hops. with the continued boom of microbreweries and the demand for hops, we must ensure we have available markets. our wine gra

russell, and a member will be-- the committee in order. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma. russ russ thank you, mr. chairman -- mr. russell: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, this amendment addresses but redirects -- it does not eliminate any funds from the value-added producer grants. these $18 million worth of grants are designed to generate new products, expand market opportunities and assist beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers, family farms and even veterans entering farming. unfortunately millions of these funds go to fund alcohol products. while there is nothing inherently wrong with alcohol products, the government funds that are used for promotion of these products through the program, we also note that the alcohol industry spends $7.6 million a year in lobbying costs. not only do these tax dollars used to fund the promotion of alcohol take away from nonalcohol-based farmers and ranchers, they also compete with the government itself. every year we spend millions of dollars to curtail the use and abuse of alcohol. according to the centers for disease control, the impacts and loss of alcohol abuse results in $249 billion a year in economic workplace absence, health care loss, criminal justice expenses and vehicle crash costs. mr. chairman, it makes no sense that the government should spend money to both promote and curtail an industry. this amendment preserves the value-added grants for farmers that have no $8 million a year industry to lobby for them, and it ends the duplicitous practice of the government being both for and against something that costs the nation nearly $250 billion in annual economic loss. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong opposition to the russell amendment, which if enacted would have a detrimental impact on producers across our nation, including many of my wine, grape and hops producers. mr. newhouse: as well as the beer and wine industry not only in my state but around the country. this amendment proposes to eliminate wine, distilled spirits, beer and other alcohol products from the value-added producer grant program administered by the usda. these industries in my state, and quite frankly across the nation, are a growing segment of our farm economy, producing -- providing thousands of jobs. it's also important to point out that -- the growing significance of wine and hops exports to their industries. last year my state exported $28 million of wine, representing 5% of our total production. in my home valley of the yak ma valley in the state of washington, we account for 75% of the u.s. production of hops. with the continued boom of microbreweries and the demand for hops, we must ensure we have available markets. our wine gra