mr. farr: you use your own car. mr. broun: i do indeed. mr. farr: so you want to cut this account that's vehicles for the department. mr. broun: 230 vehicles. mr. farr: how do you expect them to get around? mr. broun: i've introduced -- maybe they could ride share, that would be a good way to save taxpayers' dollars. mr. farr: i don't think we can operate government on a maybe and i oppose this amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back. anyone else seeking recognition? seeing no one, the question son the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not adopted. the clerk will read. the clerk: page 56, line 21, section 702, the secretary may transfer unobligated balances for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment. section 703, no part shall remain available beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided. section 704, no funds may be used to pay indirect costs, rate -- cost rates on cooperative agreements. sect

mr. farr, for his passion about ensuring that every person in america has an opportunity for good and healthy food and agricultural department and the work that the agricultural department does is both domestic and international. but today we rise because there is an inequity and an unfairness. it is complicated to discuss something called the commodity futures trading commission. what is that? and how does that have an impact on making sure that americans have a quality of life that they are deserving of, hardworking, everyday americans that get up at the sign of dawn and carpool their children and go to work and return at the end and attempt to be able to provide for their families? commodities future trading commission is that arbiter, it is the implementtater, it's the entity that will implement the consumer protection and armor that was given during the dodd-frank legislation. and how in the world can you work on behalf of consumers in america if the legislation that is before us oblitera

mr. farr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. farr: thank you, mr. mcgovern, for yielding. i rise with concerns with this rule. the rule in one part is good because it's an open rule, it allows amendments. the rule in the second part which protects the work of the committee fails to do so. this committee is about food. it's about food production, about food packaging, about food delivery and about feeding people. it is the largest poverty program in the united states. we have a lot of poor people in this country at all ages, and instead of taking care of those people, instead of taking care of those people, this rule eliminates that protection. it protects those that have but not those that have not. i stand in opposition to the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back his time. the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, is recognized. ms. foxx: mr. speaker, i'll

mr. farr: i move to strike the last word. mr. kingston: you have four minutes minutes from me. mr. farr: mr. chairman, thank you. ive concerns where the money is coming from. but i think the purpose is here, should be funded. you know, we have this whole initiative and some of it has been attacked tonight about trying to get healthy foods grown by american farmers to people in areas that are -- called food deserts as the gentlelady from texas pointed out, that there are places -- there isn't a grocery store. think of a 7-eleven and those are the kind of grocery stores. and so what this initiative is all about and it's the president's initiative is, too, is trying to get food -- it's an educational process. i think the hardest cultural -- this is what i learned from other cultures, hardest thing is to get people to change their eating habits. we all know that struggle when we go on a diet. . it takes a lot of education and support but it also takes the need to have access to it. you need to have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. they can either come to you at a farmers market or

mr. farr: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield so much time as he may consume to the gentleman from illinois. mr. lipinski: thank you so much for yielding me the time. i know that there is -- i thank the chairman for his comments, but i think there's been a little bit of confusion. i just want to clear this up. this speaks specifically to a contract that the usda has already entered into. and essentially it is taking out that -- just looking at that one piece of that contract that says all data must be stored in the united states and codifying that to say that that part cannot be changed. this is one contract that's already been signed and is not speaking to anything else in the future, but i think that it's important that for security, i think this is a good move that the usda made. and so i just want to speak to that in this amendment specifically, and it's not in any way tying the hands of the usda or any other agency in the future. i would hope that the other agencies, usda and other agencies follow this lead in the fu

mr. farr: we accept the amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia, those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it.

i'm not sure who mr. farr will be awarding, giving that award to, but we had a lot of good contenders. mr. clarke, unfortunately i -- just within the last minute i have seen this and i'm not sure that it will do what you're saying or what your intention is. and so i'm going to oppose the amendment. i will promise to work with you. it's a million-dollar transfer and don't know that it accomplishes what you want, don't know that it doesn't accomplish bha you want and -- what you want and i don't necessarily think it causes a big disruption in the bill either but for right now i'm going to have to oppose it. and let me continue to research it and maybe as the process goes through we can see what we can do to work with you and mr. farr on it. we're very concerned about food safety and the path generals and the situation -- pathogens and the situation in europe and we want to make sure we're studying this stuff closely ourselves. so i reluctantly oppose it for the time being and yield back. the chair: the gentleman

mr. farr: it's always a pleasure to serve with mr. dicks and mr. ronellers, the ranking and chair of the major committee. this committee is unique in congress. it's the only committee where both active duty military and veterans are dealt with in the same policy. there's no other committee in this house or in the senate that has the one stop that this committee has. it's a pleasure to be focused on the continuum of care for active duty and reservists and veterans. this past weekend, we remembered patriotic sacrifices of those who lost their lives in service to our country. today, we renew our commitment to keep our promise to our nation's more than two million troops and reservists and families and 23 million veterans. this committee has a strong history of working in a bipartisan way to produce a bill that supports our active duty service members and our veterans. i'm proud to support some much-needed increases in the veterans affairs department and would note that while this bill is $1.4 billion above last year's level, it is also $1.2 billion le

mr. farr: i'll yield. mr. flake: i recognize the appropriations process is not the best way to legislate. it really isn't. this is a clumsy way. this only applies to this act and we can't -- you have to do it in strange ways. i understand that. but we are told we ought to rely on the expertise of the ag committee. the expertise of the ag committee is what got us into this problem in the first place. it is what got us into the problem of having to pay brazil in order to continue to subsidize our own farms. that's what we are dealing with here. i recognize this is clumsy. i recognize this is uncomfortable. we have to do this in some way and can't rely on wait until the next farm bill. it may not be this year, likely won't be. won't be next year, likely won't be. we could be doing this for years. i recognize its clumsy, i apologize for that. we have to do something. mr. farr: reclaiming my time. in all due respect i don't think the ag committee created the brazilian problem. it was not the committee's act that cr

mr. farr: that's not in the amendment. mr. king: it says none of of the fuvends may be used for r.u.-46 may be used for any purpose. and i addressed this language to the broader bill. and because there are funds available, that's why i'm concerned this application that i'm used has gone according to sebelius goon toe these grants. thn it wouldn't have an effect. mr. chairman, i i urge the adoption of my amendment. mr. farr: i move to strike the last word. i rise in opposition. because fall of all, telemedicine is not legal or wise and what the gentleman is going to talk about is illegal drug in the united states. it has been a legitimate drug in the united states after it met all the f.d.a. process in 1996 and has been available since 2000 in this country and i remember ghates this committee about the condition. it is available in a all 50 states, in washington, d.c.,, in guam and puerto rico. it is a prescription drug which is not available to the public through pharmacies but it is to licensed qualified physicians. a woman m

mr. farr: it's always a pleasure to serve with mr. dicks and mr. ronellers, the ranking and chair of the major committee. this committee is unique in congress. it's the only committee where both active duty military and veterans are dealt with in the same policy. there's no other committee in this house or in the senate that has the one stop that this committee has. it's a pleasure to be focused on the continuum of care for active duty and reservists and veterans. this past weekend, we remembered patriotic sacrifices of those who lost their lives in service to our country. today, we renew our commitment to keep our promise to our nation's more than two million troops and reservists and families and 23 million veterans. this committee has a strong history of working in a bipartisan way to produce a bill that supports our active duty service members and our veterans. i'm proud to support some much-needed increases in the veterans affairs department and would note that while this bill is $1.4 billion above last year's level, it is also $1.2 billion le

farr farr the -- mr. farr: the commodities future trading commission, known as the cftc, is an independent agency that protects market users and the public from abusive practices related to drisktives. this includes help -- derivatives. this includes helping regulate food price speculation. now more than ever we need a well-resourced cftc and as mr. frank pointed out this is new legislation, the agency is growing by hiring people who are going to be weg laters and expects by september 30 of this year to have in place what we have given the money for last year which is $720 -- 720 full-time equivalent positions. they will help ensure that the public is protected from fraud, manipulation and systemic risk and they will make sure that americans aren't paying exorbitant prices at the pump and grocery stores. and the cftc can do just that. in the past three years the cftc has obtained over $1.3 billion in judgments for americans who have been victimized by thousands of profit-hungry investors around the country. an