mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, let me yield myself 10 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 10 seconds. mr. mcgovern: i would say to the gentleman in response, the congressional budget office, not me, but the congressional budget office says that these cuts would throw 2 two million people off of snap -- two million people off of snap and over 200,000 kids off the free breakfast and lunch program. i assure you that people will lose food over these cuts. this is not something we should do. mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for one minute. ms. kaptur: i thank ranking member mcgovern and commend him for his work on this important rule. i rise in opposition to the rule but frankly am relieved finally to debate a farm bill in this country. this past year and a half has been marked by far too much uncertainty in our agriculture industry as a result of republican leaders here refusing

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, it's my privilege to yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. castro. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. castro: i thank you, my friend, mr. mcgovern, for yielding. i rise to speak today on sexual assault in the military and need for justice and reform. this issue carries great significance for me as i represent the area around lackland air force base in san antonio, texas. the community in san antonio like communities across the country was appalled to learn of the events that took place. the sexual mi misconduct by military training instructors at lackland has been one of the largest scandals and investigations within the military. similar stories have also surfaced from the academies to forward operating bases and now in the pentagon. when events like this occur, we must do two things. first, we must provide justice swiftly. second, we must implement reforms to prevent future transgressions. i'll continue to work with the commi

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from new york, the ranking member of the financial services subcommittee on capital markets and government sponsored enterprises, mrs. maloney. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. maloney: i thank the gentleman for yielding and leadership. i commend the work of mr. turner and others who are strengthening protections for women in the military, but it's not enough. the amendments from jackie speier and other member leaders are not included. we need an open rule where all these ideas can come to the floor to protect our men and women in the military. the status quo in the military is not a way to solve the problem of sexual abuse. too often it is the problem. every year that i have been in congress, the military brass has come to us and said that they will stop this abuse. yet each year it seems to be getting worse. women are even afraid to report it. they are then afraid they'll be punished

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, pursuant to section 426 of the congressional budget empowerment and control act of 1974, i make a point of order against consideration of the rule, house resolution 271. section 426 is of the budget act specifically states that the rules committee may not waive the point of order prescribed by section 425 of that same act. house resolution 271 states, i quote, all points of order against amendments printed in part b of the report of the committee on rules or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived. end quote. therefore i make a point of order pursuant to section 426 that this rule may not be considered. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts makes a point of order that the resolution violates section 426-a of the congressional budget act of 1974. the gentleman has met the threshold burden under the rule and the gentleman from massachusetts and a member opposed each will control 10 minutes of debate on the question of

mr. mcgovern: absolutely. we want to a farm bill that supports our farmers, that supports small and medium sized farmers in particular, that helps promote good nutrition, that helps deal with the challenges that farmers all across this country face. but it cannot sacrifice, it cannot sacrifice, you know, the well-being of some of the most vulnerable people in this country. and i thank the gentlelady for her participation. ms. delauro: i thank the gentleman. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentlewoman from missouri, mrs. hartzler, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. . mrs. hartzler: father's day was this past sunday and i'm thankful i had the opportunity to spend time with my father and sister and her family and thanked him for the role that he has meant and continues to mean in our lives and also an opportunity for our daughter and i to do something special for my husband. father'

mr. mcgovern of massachusetts. amendment number 3 by ms. foxx of north carolina. amendment number 5 by mr. broun of georgia. amendment number 8 by mr. blumenauer of oregon. amendment number 9 by mr. blumenauer of oregon. amendment number 14 by ms. kaptur of ohio. amendment number 15 by mr. royce of california. amendment number 16 by mr. chabot of ohio. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in part b of house report 113-117 by the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: part b, amendment number 1 printed in house report 113-117 offered by mr. mcgovern of massachusetts. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. memb

today you can only hope that we're not fighting them tomorrow in washington sam sachs artsy so mr mcgovern we heard him say that john mccain has been one of the strongest proponents of military action in syria to date calling for that no fly zone and heavy weaponry given to these rebels do you expect the administration to follow suit now. well i don't think that president obama is here to take directions from senator mccain you could have changed to bashir to saddam hussein and had at the same speech several years ago. you know it really is quite remarkable that the people who whose interests are served here the syrian people the american people the people who could become more and more involved those people are really not consulted on either it's a it's a forewarn hope the president will consult with congress on this he's made it clear he doesn't intend to not on libya not on this either so what happens here well mccain not incidentally is the most pro israel senator around ok and so the interests of israel here are weighing very heavily in this balance and the president feels a lot of a

mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, this morning i along with many of my colleagues and scores of anti-hunger advocates began the snap challenge. i'll live off of the average snap been fit of $4.50 ber day, that's $31.50 for seven days. the snap challenge is not a new fad diet, it's not a weight loss scheme to get ready for the summer. rather it's a way of raising awareness not only how important this program is in combating hunger in america, but also about how inadequate the benefit truly is. being on snap is not easy. to qualify you have to have an income under 130% of poverty. that's under $25,000 for a family of three. let me repeat that. a family of three has to earn less than $25,000 to qualify for snap. and the average benefit only $4.50 a day. that's not much to live off of. mr. speaker, we all know that rent is high, utilities are high, transportation costs are high, and food prices are high. yet the snap benefit is still so inadequate it typically don't even last an entire month. the average snap ben

mr. mcgovern, for five minutes. mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend inside remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. speaker, this is the 13th -- this is my 13th speech this year. 13 times i've come here and defended the anti-hunger safety net, the federal programs that provide food to 50 million americans. 13 times i've stood here and talked about hunger as a health issue 13 times i've said we need to set a goal to end hunger now. people ask me all the time, is it even possible to end hunger in america? mr. speaker, the answer is a definitive yes. the truth is we've done this before. that's right, mr. speaker. we nearly eradicated hunger in america in the 1970's. it wasn't easy but the concept was simple. the political leadership in washington made a commitment to end hunger in this country. in the 1970's, congress and the president expanded the food stamp program, created the w.i.c. program and expanded the school meals programs program. they found the political courage to do what'

mr. rigell of virginia, amendment number 10 by mcgovern of massachusetts, amendment number 11 by goodlatte of virginia, amendment number 12 by mr. smith of washington. the chair will reduce to two minutes after the first electronic vote in this first series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in part b of house report 113-108 by the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in part b of house report 113-108 offered by mr. blumenauer of oregon. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. [captioning made possible by

mr. mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, last week the farm bill failed. it failed in large part because of republican's nasty attacks on america's nutrition and anti-hunger programs. and notwithstanding the experience of last week, in this rule, the house is considering debating the agriculture appropriations bill a bill that not only underfunds the w.i.c. program but makes it more difficult for low income women to receive breastfeeding counseling. mr. speaker, it's as if the republican leadership hasn't learned from its mistakes. w.i.c. is a critical program that provides food and nutrition counseling for low income, pregnant and breastfeeding women as well as for newborns and infants. it is an important and successful program. it's a key program that helps pregnant and breastfeeding women stay healthy through proper nutrition and actually helps prevent many health issues associated with poor nutrition. despite the program's 39-year successful track record the republicans decided to include w.i.c. in their sequest

mr. mcgovern, for five minutes. mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. speaker, i rise once again to address the house on the need to end hunger now. this is the 14th time that i have done so this year. next week the members of this house will return home to their districts for the fourth of july district work period. there will be parades and fire works and picnics for all of us. but for too many of our neighbors, there will be no such festtifts. they'll be too busy -- festivities, they'll be too busy working two jobs to make ends meet. they'll worry about their children who during these summer months are too often forced to go without enough nutritious food to eat because school is out of session. because in our country, mr. speaker, in the richest most powerful nation in the history of the world, the reality is that 50 million of our fellow americans struggle with hunger. now, i'm also sure that during the fourth of july activities that many members will be getting quite an earful from the farmers in the

mr. mcgovern: thank you again. i want to thank my distinguished colleague from california for organizing this and for her leadership on this and so many other issues aimed to try to eliminate poverty in this country. and i want to thank all of my colleagues to have -- who have already spoken on this issue but you know, i want to come to the floor just to remind people that hunger is a real problem in the united states of america. we have close to $50 million of our fellow citizens who are hungry. 17 million -- we have close to 50 million of our fellow citizen whors hungry. 17 many, many -- 17 million are kids. the richest, most prosperous country in the world and yet 50 million of our citizens are hungry. what is particularly maddening abthis issue is it is solveable. this is a solveable problem. hunger is a political condition. we have the food, we have the resources, we have the infrastructure, we have everything but the political will to end it. a problem that costs us dearly. you know, people say to me, we can'

mr. mcgovern had an amendment, if you slash nutrition, at least have the rate of fraud and abuse down to the same level as food stamps. i think that's a good proposal. but to the amendment i have introduced with mr. chaffetz, it would put a limit of $750,000 beyond which we would no longer subsidize the crop insurance for the large agri business. it's not they couldn't have crop insurance, it's just the taxpayer will not be on the hook. it's important for us to start paying attention to the crop insurance program. as we theoretically we get rid of direct payments, although we're still going to have direct payments for cotton, and i have an amendment on that as well, it's important to look at the overall structure of this program. we don't want to be in a situation where we're actually going to end up paying more for crop insurance than the cost of traditional commodity programs proposed by the house and the senate and there are not incentives to be able to use it fficiently and to root out fraud and abuse. i would strongly urge my colleagues to look at amendments like i've proposed and o

mr. mcgovern, asked me are you wanting to do away entirely with the food stamp or the supplemental nutrition assistance program? and i replied, before the rules committee, on the record, for a television camera, into a microphone, no, i didn't want to do away with that program, but i did feel it needed to have its own time, its own discussion, and not be 80% of a farm bill. but what is really heartbreaking is not that children are not going to have food in america, because whether we bring a farm bill or back -- a farm bill back that separates out the food stamps program so we can deal with it mitt romney saw, was mitt romney, after saying, he's a good man, good family man, but i think he's wrong on these issues, what came back from the drones, the human drones, that were speaking on behalf of the president, was gee, he wants to push people off a cliff, he wants people to die of cancer, he wants them to get cancer, he's obviously painted as a very evil man. and that came back to mind today during some of the discussions, i heard our friend from maryland , the minority whip here, talking abou

mr. mcgovern: thank you. i want to thank the gentlemen for their hard work. they've spent countless hours on this bill and so have their staffs and i appreciate their dedication and i very much wanted to support farm bill. and so it is with the deep regret that i come to the floor so to say that i cannot support this farm bill. because -- the main reason is because of the $20.5 billion cut in the snap program. that is too much. that is too harsh. two million people will lose their benefits, over 200,000 kids will be knocked out of the free breakfast and lunch program. those aren't my statistics or a liberal think tank's statistics, that's what c.b.o. says, the congressional budget office. what happens to these two million people? where do they go? where do they get food? the fact of the matter is food is not a luxury, it is a necessity. and there are some who have said that all we are doing is reforming snap and we are dealing with the rising costs. well, if we were truly reforming snap i'd feel better about it if we held at least one hearing on it in the com

mr. mcgovern: to honor their bicentennial, they have planned a series of events to honor this day. it was the site of the oldest continuously running mill in the united states. it helped propel the town into the industrial revolution. milbury's significance is the summer home of president william howard taft who celebrated alongside residents as they rung in their first 100 years. continuing with tradition, milbury celebrated with a period ball and is rooking forward to the parade this weekend. i congratulate the town on their 200th anniversary and may this great american town continue to celebrate its rich history for years and years to come. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. >> mr. speaker, global temperatures stopped rising 10 years ago. global temperature changes when they exist correlate with sun output and ocean cycles. during the medieval warm period from 800 to 1300 a.d