mr. lucas: mr. speaker, i rise again in opposition to h.r. 2751. originally dealing with the cash for clunkers and now containing the senate language s. 510, the food modernization act. as i stated repeatedly, i believe our nation has the safest food supply in the world. i also believe that we must continually examine our food production and regulatory system and move forward with changes that will improve food safety. this legislation is the product of a flawed process. it will lead to huge regulatory burdens on our nation's farmers and ranchers. it will raise the cost of food for our consumers, and it contains very little that will actually contribute to the goal of food safety. it gives the food and drug administration lots of additional authorities with no accountability. in fact, with the inclusion of the so-called tester amendment, some argue that it is a step backwards. my concerns about the legislation are not limited to the unforgivable process, there are serious public policy concerns as well. the tester amendment is an ill strayive examp

mr. lucas: i rise in opposition for the continuing resolution and i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. i object to the inclusion of senate language from s. 510, the food safety modernization act. let me be perfectly clear. i believe our nation has the safest food supply in the world. what we have here is another expansion of federal power without benefit of thorough consideration. this is the stimulus package, cap and trade, obamacare all over again. members of the house agriculture committee have stood ready and willing to work on this legislation. despite this, the present majority leadership tried to pass this under suspension of the rules and lost. failing to learn the lesson of that vote they then secured a closed rule and essentially rammed it through the house. now, in the closing days of this congress, the senate has sent us their version on a take it or leave it basis and included revenue provisions that under the constitution must originate in the house. faced with

mr. lucas? mr. gensler, what impact, since we are talking what you've just said and, the delay of january metals position in january will limit on the rule expected in april? >> mr. chairman, i anticipate staff will make a recommendation tomorrow on all agricultural, energy, and metals, and anticipate that would be both for the spot month and for if i can just call it the all months combined. and i'm hopeful that we'll have the support tomorrow to public that rule, get comments, and then as you say consider those comments under the administrative procedures act and put out a final rule as soon as we can sort through all of those comments. i will note we have 8,200 comments on the energy -- reestablishing energy position limits in january of this year. we put that proposed rule out for 90-day public comment period at that time. i think staff tomorrow will be considering a 60-day public comment period. so with 8,000 comments that came in on that earlier, this is a very important topic. the public is g

word here is exit polls because it's the vote in part of the population that is very supportive of mr lucas shanker the people of the working class and so on not those who don't vote for him simply don't go to the polls so i think anyway he's supported by a plurality of the population maybe not ninety to ninety five percent i think as he claims or as his supporters claim but even if the election was totally free and fair even by the most strict western standards he would have gained more than fifty percent anyway ok so at this point seventy percent of the vote is going to look at shankar but tell me this there ought members of the opposition who are also running for the seat of the presidency is it possible because there are so many of them that is actually helping. in the end sure it is possible especially as several members of the so-called opposition who were running for president this time told openly they were there to for the people to vote to look so there is no one candidate from the opposition there is a dispersal of candidates and people cannot find an alternative nothing that the