now, again, frank lucas put together the kind of coalition to get that through working with the democratg member, colin peterson. they're a very good pair of legislators. my personal opinion is, this bill ought to come to the floor and would pass on a strong majority. i doubt 218 republican votes or the overwhelming majority of democrats but i in it could get through and i think it ought to. >> why is not being brought to the floor? the whip said he didn't have the votes yet. >> if the aim is to get to 218 republican votes and pass it without democratic support, then i would say that's a pretty steep hill to climb. makes more sense, we have a bipartisan bill i think we can pass it. but to be fair to the whip, it does take some time to put together coalitions, work across party lines. we'll have a challenging conference after that. but at the end of the day, again, it's not unusual that farm votes have this kind of problem. 2008 president bush actually vetoed the farm bill. we lad to override it. i was one of the votes to override on that occasion. so, i think we'll get there, but we ough

agriculture committee chairman frank lucas of oklahoma, who you can see there in the red tie underneath the large portrait, and ranking member collin peterson of minnesota unveiled the long-term farm assistance bill last week. the legislation would reduce spending by $3.5 billion a year or $35 billion over ten years. in addition it reduces current food stamp spending projections by $1.6 billion or about $16 billion over a ten-year period. representative james clyburn of south carolina became the highest ranking house democrat to oppose that legislation, calling it quote, an abomination, because it contains $16 billion in cuts to food stamps. the senate recently passed its version of the farm bill known as the agriculture reform food and jobs act. [ no audio ] . >> again, we are live on capitol hill waiting for the house agriculture committee to get under way, marking up the 2012 farm bill. also today on capitol hill, you may know in the house, a vote on that bill to repeal the health care law. we're expecting that vote about 3:00 this afternoon, debate in front of the vote. our coverage

pero es nuestra responsabilidad reducir los gastos declarÓ el presidente del comitÉ de agricultura frank lucasa los 400 dÓlares en cupones de alimentos que recibe son su salvavidas y aÚn asÍ noalcanza. >> tuve que comprar frutas y verduras se me fueron casi 200 dÓlares, al mes cuÁnto tendrÍa que estar gastando. >> en el capitolio la batalla sobre el programa de ayuda alimentaria es la mÁs reciente lucha del tamaÑo y costo de programas sociales. >> dice que no se puede traer mÁs dolor a los necesitados. >> los sellos de alimentos son necesarios para la nutriciÓn en esta naciÓn. >> ellos no son los culpables de que tengamos un dÉficit. >> casi 45 millones de estadounidenses reciben cupones de alimentos (informaciÓn en pantalla). >> unos # millones de latinos se beneficien de este programa. >> de haber reducciones le pondrÍa mÁs presiÓn sobre bancos de comida como este en la capital estadounidense. >> porque vemos que cada dÍa necesitamos mÁs y mas donaciones para mantener el nivel de ayuda que nosotros tenemos. . >> se calcula que el nÚmero de personas necesitando cupones de alimentos continua r

frank luca is the chairman. >> the markup will reveen, consideration of hr 1683. at the point we broke for votes on the floor we were in title number four. with that the chair returns to the gentle lady miss fudge for recognition. >> i thank you mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk, amendment number 51. >> gentle -- amendment what? >> 51. gentlelady is recognized to explain amendment 51 whenever she's ready. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me say first it is my intention to withdraw this amendment but i certainly would like to be heard along with my colleague and hope that we can work together on this at some other point. mr. chairman, the purpose of the amendment is to ensure our nation's under served urban and rural communities have access to healthy food, that would authorize the development of a healthy food initiative at the department of agriculture. oir senate colleagues included the exact language when they passioned the farm bill a few weeks ago. the healthy food financing initiative will provide the critical assistance, our urban and rural commu

frank lucas and colin peterson and said no more. she saved you the money. is disgusting. >> andrea: good for her. >> kimberly: bob, you are very dramatic. >> andrea: go ahead, dana. dabs i started something -- >> dana: i started something a couple months ago, searching for one more thing. i went to dmv. it was not bad experience. pleasant and i got out of there in under two-and-a-half hours. it ask what to do for my one more thing. laura said luther massing gael. is talk radio host in chattanooga, tennessee. 90 years old. he covered pearl harbor, 9/11, still on the air today. does a morning show at sunny 92.3. he is about to be entered in the national radio hall of fame. congratulations! >> andrea: greg? >> greg: one more thing. banned phrase. there you go! >> dana: you have to pronounce it! freddie it's salami and crackers. it'sca lammy and crackers. >> kimberly: road rage! i want to take the ship. the uss needs $3 million to stay afloat. if everybody donate dollars 2. they're not asking for a lot. we can save it. it's south carolina. and otherwise it's go

frank lucas put the blame squarely on enforcement. >> there are some in this town that argue that weeed more regulations, but new regulations mean nothing when the old ones are not being enforced. >>> with us exclusively right now, dan roth of the national futures association, and scott cohn, tough criticism there, how do you respond? >> what we told him and other members of the committee today is that we clearly have to do a better job of using technology to monitor firms compliance. we uncovered this fraud because we moved to an electronic confirmation process. the next step is to move that electronic confirmation process to a daily event so on a daily basis they're getting confirmations from all of the places they're held -- >> but sir, you uncovered it too late. at this point, investors have grown tired of the incompetence from regulators where it's mf global or something else, there is a decided lack of trust from the individual and smaller investor in this market because of people like you and others just not doing their jobs. no accountability. >> actually, i don't disagree th

as my congressman frank lucas, i know is chairing an ag committee meeting at this moment, can attestfrom his chairmanship the disaster assistance that federal and state governments provide is mammoth compared to the minute sums spent compared to taxpayer dollars and american lives should be well-informed. we can ill-afford to step backwards dealing with what is the most menacing and costly natural disaster, but take the next step forward, build on the work accomplished under nidis since 2006 to establish the most valuable product of this endeavor and first time and accurate early warning system to save money and lives, even incremental approvements in the accuracy of predictions regarding location, duration, and intensity of drought, particularly if on a seasonal to one year scale would be extraordinarily beneficial in establishing contingencies and informing decisions made by water managers, farmers, ranchers, energy producers, and others. i urge the reauthorization of nidis with components not fully operational at this point in time as well as necessary funding to ensure its full i

agricultures chairman frank lucas author of the house farm bill defended using the savings to subsidize farmer. i usually check the weather every day, usually multiple times a day because i know at a moment's notice a dream crop can turn into a disaster. >> joining us now at the table is l. joy williams, founder of ljw political counseling firm and co-host of the political radio show. glad to have you here. >> thank you. >> the farm bill to me exposes this fundamental misperception about our politics. when we're in an election season, what happens is this. it's particularly true from conservatives. they want to make the election and every employ call conversation about first principles, about ideology, about vision. we believe in freedom, less government. you want more government. and i think sometimes liberals get suckered into having this very ideological battle, right? we have to defend. if you look at what congress does, if you look at government under george bush and republican congress, congress as a gdp grew. there is no evidence that republicans under the government will shrink.

. >> i want sent to you a clip from congressman frank lucas, chairman of the house of agriculture committee talking about the reason for these cuts to the program and why he thinks they are important and useful. >> we also close loopholes and eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse in the supplemental attrition program. some of the cuts we propose to food stamps are not enough, while others say the cuts are too much. i believe most americans will agree 80 percent cut in food stamps is reasonable. i would like to be clear that this legislation will not prevent families that qualify for assistance from receiving the benefits. we are working to better target the program and to improve its integrity so that families, most in need, can continue to receive nutrition assistance. >> congresswoman, do you think there is any fraud, waste more abuse going on in this program that needs to be addressed? >> i think in just about every program that we deal with today at the federal level one has to take a look and make sure that there is no fraud, waste, and abuse. quite frankly, and i wish that the congressman

as my congressman, frank lucas -- who i know is chairing an ag committee meeting at this moment -- can attest from if his chairmanship, the disaster assistance that federal and state governments provides is mammoth compared to the minute sums spent on data collection, analysis and reporting, and yet decisions that involve billions of taxpayer dollars and american lives should be well informed. we as a nation can ill afford to step backwards when dealing with what is arguably the nation's most menacing and costly natural disaster. rather, we need to take the next step forward by building on the fundamental work accomplished under nidis since 2006 to establish the most valuable product of this endeavor, an efficient and accurate early warning system that can save both money and lives. even incremental improvements in the accuracy of predictions regarding the location, duration and intensity of drought -- particularly if on a seasonal to one-year scale -- would be extraordinarily beneficial in establishing contingencies and informing decisions made by water managers, farmers, ranchers, en

as my congressman frank lucas, who is chairing a committee meeting, can attest, the disastrous -- it is mammoth compared to the minute sums spent on reporting. they should be well-informed. we can ill afford to step backwards when dealing with what is the nation's most menacing and costly natural disaster. we need to take the next up forward by building on the fundamental work accomplished since 2006 to establish the most valuable project of this endeavor. an early warning system that can save money and lives. even incremental apartments -- improvements, on a seasonal to one year scale, would be extraordinarily beneficial and establishing contingencies and informed decisions made by water managers, farmers, energy producers, and countless others. i respectfully urge the reauthorization, with emphasis on those components not fully authorization, along with necessary funding. thank you. >> thank you. i now recognize the doctor for five minutes to present his testimony. >> chairman hall, other members, thank you for the opportunity. i am a hydrologist and professor at the university of