mr. lucas: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. >> mr. chairman, i yield myself the balance of our time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. peterson: mr. chairman, as i spoke earlier on the drawbacks of h.r. 2, mentioned before that -- before i reserved, that i'm very frustrated by the breakdown in this process that got us to where we are. mr. lucas is right. we do have to have a farm bill. but let's understand what we need to do that actually is required. title 1 needs a farm bill. title 2 needs a farm bill. other titles need a farm bill because they're only authorized for five years. snap is permanently authorized. if we didn't do anything, snap would go on like it is. crop insurance is permanently authorized. if we didn't do anything, crop insurance would go on just like it is. so the part of the bill that we're worried about are these other parts that will expire on the end of september 30. now, what happens if we don't get it done? we go back to permanent law. and some of my

mr. lucas: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the gentleman from washington state for the opportunity to yield to me, to discuss this important issue. this amendment, some in the room might think perhaps will target the market access program. but in fact it is the value-added producer grant program. this is a program that supports and helps producers add value to the products that they raise. i would tell you my chief concern at this point in time, in the way this amendment has been offered, is about $8 million of the rescissions of this program would come out of current programs that farmers have already applied for. usda has already scored the applications, it's compiled proposals to make a decision and announcement on grant awards. thus the amendment wouldn't just adversely effect the small producer-owned wineries, but producers across the board, including those from oklahoma, who have and expect to receive grants. that's not fair. if you played by the rules, if you've gone through the grant process, if you've

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mr. lucas: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. >> mr. chairman, i yield myself the balance of our time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. peterson: mr. chairman, as i spoke earlier on the drawbacks of h.r. 2, mentioned before that -- before i reserved, that i'm very frustrated by the breakdown in this process that got us to where we are. mr. lucas is right. we do have to have a farm bill. but let's understand what we need to do that actually is required. title 1 needs a farm bill. title 2 needs a farm bill. other titles need a farm bill because they're only authorized for five years. snap is permanently authorized. if we didn't do anything, snap would go on like it is. crop insurance is permanently authorized. if we didn't do anything, crop insurance would go on just like it is. so the part of the bill that we're worried about are these other parts that will expire on the end of september 30. now, what happens if we don't get it done? we go back to permanent law. and some of my

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mr. lucas: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. >> mr. chairman, i yield myself the balance of our time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. peterson: mr. chairman, as i spoke earlier on the drawbacks of h.r. 2, mentioned before that -- before i reserved, that i'm very frustrated by the breakdown in this process that got us to where we are. mr. lucas is right. we do have to have a farm bill. but let's understand what we need to do that actually is required. title 1 needs a farm bill. title 2 needs a farm bill. other titles need a farm bill because they're only authorized for five years. snap is permanently authorized. if we didn't do anything, snap would go on like it is. crop insurance is permanently authorized. if we didn't do anything, crop insurance would go on just like it is. so the part of the bill that we're worried about are these other parts that will expire on the end of september 30. now, what happens if we don't get it done? we go back to permanent law. and some of my

>> aye. >> mr. lucas? >> aye. >> mr. king, aye. mr. rogers? >> aye. >> mr. gibbs? aye. mr. ostenscott, aye plchlt crawford? >> aye. >> mr. dejarlet? >> aye. >> miss hartzler? >> aye. >> mr. la motha, aye. mr. davs? aye mr. yoho? >> aye. >> mr. al anne? >> mr. allen, aye. mr. bost? >> mr. rouser? >> aye. >> mr. abraham? >> aye. >> mr. abraham, aye. mr. kelly? >> aye. >> mr. comber? yes. mr. marshall? >> yes. >> mr. marshall, yes. mr. bacon? >> yes. >> mr. bacon, yes. mr. fazo? >> aye. >> mr. dunn? yes. >> mr. arrington? >> yes. >> mr. arrington, yes. mr. peterson? mr. peterson, no. mr. david scott? >> no. >> mr. costa? >> no. >> mr. walls? >> no. >> miss fudge? >> no. >> miss fudge, no. mr. mcgovern? no. mr. vella, no. miss luhan-grisham? >> no. >> mr. custer, no. miss boustos? >> no. >> mr. maloney, no. miss plaskett? no. miss adams? no. mr. evans? no. mr. lawson? >> no. >> mr. o'halloran? no. mr. panetta? no. mr. soto? >> no. >> miss blotrochester? no. >> mr. chairman? >> yes. >> the vote is 26 yays to 20 nays. >> ayes have it. does any member give notice to file supplemen

have a permission to do that and it's so you need to show collective power in order to do some said mr lucas don't you see the irony in that because i respond to this half an hour talking about you know this bare knuckle of prose by donald trump and what you're actually telling me that it's ok to be you're itself implying that kind of points known them when you have to protect your interests you you may take measures that are necessary to protect your interests when you have a huge deficit that you accumulate with china which is in part because of unfair practices not or woods that it's also the hunger of consumption of the u.s. for cheap products but there is also in. very dedicated strategy on the chinese side which is not always fair to destroy production in the west or in russia and says very cheap products are unfair competition. you entitle to defend against that yes you must that's one issue but please don't confuse with. well anyway mr military have to leave it there thank you for being with us today i'm i hope our viewers can keep this conversation going on our social media pages as

mr. lucas and mr. peterson and last re-authorization brought a bipartisan bill to the floor. very frankly it was turn intod a partisan bill on the floor, mr. amendment was amendment was offered and voted on by much -- many of the leadership on the majority side which would have cut $40 billion from food stamps for those who are hungry americans among us. this is less than that. but i understand that the heritage action, club for growth and americans for prosperity are opposed to the bill because it is not a deep enough cut either in farm programs or in nutritional programs. i would say mr. speaker that we hope that these will not be policies that we will pursue as a house of representatives or as a congress and very frankly we think the farm bill has little chance of passing the senate. i would say zero but that perhaps is a little bit too strong but certainly little, so that we will be spinning our wheels to send an ideological message to constituencies, i suppose, that want to undercut the ability to ensure that people have food that are hungry. in our country. as to the re

speaker, i'm very pleased to yield a minute to the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. lucas, the former chairman of the house agriculture committee and senior member of the financial services committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: mr. speaker, it's been 10 long years since i was a conferee on dodd-frank. since then i have seen credit markets in my district and across the country dry up thanks to the increased regulations. that's why i'm happy to speak on a bill that will roll back some of those burdens. dodd-frank was not written on the back of the stone tablets. addressed in l be this bill s. 2155. but the first step of making that perception is reality. it is the first step in bringing financial markets back to true efficiency and capacity. yes, i mean the first step. there are many more addressed i this bill s. 2155. but the first step of making that things this congress could and should do to bring more relief to small community institutions across the country. every year small financial institutions of oklahoma have ask

i've got to tell you i up to to the fact that it is difficult as mr. lucas said at the beginning to craft a farm bill and deal legal realities but it can be done. passing the farm bill is not supposed to be easy and people have different priorities and interests that we could do this better and again -- it's instructive to us the relative fitness on the other side of the room here. i don't see people getting up and wanting to talk in these proposals. maybe it is because you are seeing them for the first time like many of us or maybe it's because you know deep down that someone is indefensible but this did not have to be this way and it is not just awesome deserve but the people were trying to help. i keep going back to the factor 42 people hundred million people in this country who fly in this program just up food on the table. it's a food benefit. we have those programs and maybe you are not to be cutting funding for those programs as a starter but to reinvent the wheel there's this new bureaucracy that is last upon all the states and no one can give answer

mr. lucas: thank you, mr. chairman. why do we invest in agriculture? because the ability to eat, to feed ourselves is one of the most fundamentally important things that go on in an economy. we make those investments so we will always have a sufficient supply of the highest quality food and fiber at the most affordable prices. empires, republics, democracies have been destroyed throughout history when they lost their ability to feed themselves. i tell you a strong farm bill, the investment we make is the -- one of the key foundations to protecting the constitution. just like our responsibility is to have a standing army to defend the coast, to defend the airspace, to defend our folks. maybe you don't want to make that investment. maybe you're willing to take a chance. but when we don't have enough to eat, it will be too late to fix the problem. i yield back, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. mcclintock: thank you. i remind the ranking member that the 1996 freedom to farm bill ended up costing us more is

you know seems mused it appeared to me as well look mr you can lucas and cooper to you this if you see the newer of the past freedom at that he for the. bison was going to see. every of you know whether. or not me oh my. activist against water charges often patrol this cork neighborhood. you know if they find an irish water crew installing meters they try to force them to leave. and we say no why do you need me know everybody knows that nothing is set in stone yet. the commission keeps pushing islands to comply with the community directive and impose meters and water charges on its citizens. and there is this principle which is. framed in the water directive that the value to those should be sought there should be a direct responsibility of this cannot be done with a general exception obviously next friday we meet same time. we'll do that. but it won't happen we don't that don't we. faced with an precedented public disobedience the government is trying hard to maneuver between public discontent and the demands of brussels. what are trying to do you know in a small way they would say it

you know, and i gotta tell you, i appreciate the fact that it is difficult, as mr. lucas said in the beginning, to craft a farm bill and dealing with all the political realities and all that kind of stuff. but it can be done. you know, passing the farm bill is not supposed to be easy. people have different priorities and different interests. but we could do this better. and again, i just -- you know, and i think it's instructive to us, kinda the relative quietness on the other side of this room here. i don't see a lot of people getting up and wanting to talk and defend these proposals. maybe it's because you're seeing them for the first time, like many of us. or maybe it's because you know deep down that some of this stuff is indefensible. but this did not have to be this way. you know, and i think it's not just us who deserve a better process. it's the people we're trying to help. you know, again, i keep on going back to the fact that there's 42 million people in this country, you know, who rely on this program, who need this program, just to put food on the table. that'

. >> mr. lucas, five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i wish to address several thoughts to my colleagues here today. this is my fifth farm bill. i have not been here for as many farm bills as ranking member peterson and former chairman. but this is my fifth farm bill. every farm bill is different. the nature of the committee, the membership, the nature of the house, the body, the national political environment is never the same. the economic conditions out there, whether on the farm or in those family households, it's never the same from one to the other. that's just the nature of the environment we work in. i've been here for farm bills that -- let's just say in 1996 as an example, that farm bill never passed the committee. twice we marked up and ultimately it was done in budget reconciliation. the bill was supposed to run for seven years and it wound up being replaced six years later. when i address my friends in the room -- and i think all of you who were around for the 2014 farm bill remember, my hair wasn't this color, i didn't tak

mr. lucas and mr. peterson and last re-authorization brought a bipartisan bill to the floor. very frankly it was turn intod a partisan bill on the floor, mr. amendment was amendment was offered and voted on by much -- many of the leadership on the majority side which would have cut $40 billion from food stamps for those who are hungry americans among us. this is less than that. but i understand that the heritage action, club for growth and americans for prosperity are opposed to the bill because it is not a deep enough cut either in farm programs or in nutritional programs. i would say mr. speaker that we hope that these will not be policies that we will pursue as a house of representatives or as a congress and very frankly we think the farm bill has little chance of passing the senate. i would say zero but that perhaps is a little bit too strong but certainly little, so that we will be spinning our wheels to send an ideological message to constituencies, i suppose, that want to undercut the ability to ensure that people have food that are hungry. in our country. as to the re

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mr. lucas: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the gentleman from washington state for the opportunity to yield to me, to discuss this important issue. this amendment, some in the room might think perhaps will target the market access program. but in fact it is the value-added producer grant program. this is a program that supports and helps producers add value to the products that they raise. i would tell you my chief concern at this point in time, in the way this amendment has been offered, is about $8 million of the rescissions of this program would come out of current programs that farmers have already applied for. usda has already scored the applications, it's compiled proposals to make a decision and announcement on grant awards. thus the amendment wouldn't just adversely effect the small producer-owned wineries, but producers across the board, including those from oklahoma, who have and expect to receive grants. that's not fair. if you played by the rules, if you've gone through the grant process, if you've