mr. mcclintock, had been postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 7 printed in house report 115-679. for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition? mr. fortenberry: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 7 printed in house report 115-679 offered by mr. fortenberry of nebraska. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 900, the gentleman from nebraska, mr. fortenberry, and a member opposed, would each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from nebraska. mr. fortenberry: i just got off the phone for afternoonie. -- tarted milking cows at starting 4:00. earned a ph.d. in dairy science. did work for 20 years. got involved in farmer to farmer. one of his experiences was in bangladesh. they have as many dairy could you say as we do in the -- cows as we do in the united states and we have 12 times the capacity than they do. through afternoonie's work, particularly through -- archie's wor

mr. mcclintock of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 900, the gentleman from california and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. mcclintock: thank you, mr. speaker. farm subsidies essentially taking money from taxpayers to inflate the price of their own groceries was never a good idea. they are the poster children of corporate welfare since the vast proportion of them go to large corporations, not to small family farms. and 60% of american farms get no subsidies at all. contradicting the claim that somehow american agriculture couldn't exist without them. we spend about $20 billion a year subsidizing about 40% of our farms. that's $160 a year out of the direct taxes of an average family in america. and that doesn't include the cost to consumers from higher prices. as we just heard, the sugar program alone costs taxpayers $3.7 billion a year in higher sugar prices. that adds about $30 more to their grocery bills. subsidies hurt tax

mr. mcclintock of california. the chair: those in support of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. members, we are on two-minute vote series. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 34, the nays are 38 06789 the amendment is not a-- 380. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number printed in house report 115-679 by the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock, on which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 8 printed in house report 115-679 offered by mr. mcclintock of california. the chair: a recorded vote having been requested, those in support of the request for a