mr. mcintyre? >> yes. >> mr. mcintyre, yes. mr. bozwell? yes. mr. baca? >> yes. >> mr. cardoza? >> yes. >> mr. cardoza, yes. david scott? >> yes. >> mr. david scott, yes. >> yes. >> mr. costa? >> mr. costa, yes. mr. walls? >> yes. >> mr. walls, yes. mr. shader? >> yes. >> mr. schrader, yes. >> mr. kissel? >> yes. >> mr. owens? >> yes. >> mrs. pingree? >> yes. >> mr. courtney? >> yes. >> mr. welch? >> yes. >> mrs. fudge? [ inaudible ] >> no. mrs. sewell? [ inaudible ] mr. mcgovern? >> no. >> mr. mcgovern, no. mr. johnson? mrs. fudge? mr. sewell? mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. chairman, the vote is 15 yeas, 28 nays. >> since we have most -- i would suggest that we've made tremendous progress working through the schedule. let's stand in recess until 4:30. >>> after starting work at 10:00 eastern this morning, the agriculture markup is in a break. some members can go to the house floor for votes. including a vote on repealing the 2010 health care law. the members spent much of the day yesterday debating the bill and completed debate a short time ago. you can see that

mr. mcintyre? >> no. >> mr. mcintyre, no. >> mr. boswell? >> no. >> mr. bosswell no. >> mr. david scott? >> no. >> mr. david scott, no. >> mr. costa? >> no. >> mr. costa, no. >> mr. walls? >> no. >> mr. walls, no. >> mr. schrader? >> no. >> mr. schrader no. >> mr. kissel? >> no. >> mr. owens? >> no. >> ms. pinkry? >> no. >> mr. courtney? >> no. >> mr. welch? >> no. >> ms. budge? >> no. >> mrs. suel? >> no. >> mr. mcgovern? >> no. >> mr. mcgovern, no. >> mr. johnson? >> yes. >> mr. johnson, yes. >> mr. thompson? mr. hold en? mr. cherraichairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. chairman, the vote is 17 yeahs and 27 nays. >> are there any other amendments? >> thank you very much mr. chairman. and i have not had the opportunity mr. chairman, to thank you and ranking member peterson for finding come ground on the farm bill. mr. chairman, i have an amendment to file with the clerk, i'm sorry. and i think it's amendment number 95. >> clerk will distribute amendment number 95. >> mr. chairman, i move to strike the last word. >> you are recognized for five minutes. and gentleman from

mr. mcintyre, no. mr. boswell? mr. bacca? yes. mr. car doze za. mr. david scott, yes. mr. quayar, yes. mr. costa? mr. costa, yes. mr. walls, mr. walls, yes. mr. schrader, mr. schrader, yes. mr. kissle, mr. kissle, yes. mr. owens, mr. owens, yes. miss pingree? miss pingree, yes. mr. courtney? >> yes. >> mr. courtney, yes. mr. welch? mr. welch, yes. miss fudge? mr. sublon? mr. sublon, yes. miss sewell? miss sewell, yes. mr. mcgovern? mr. mcgovern, yes. mr. goodlatte? mr. goodlatte, no. mr. johnson? mr. johnson, no. mr. naugabauer? mr. naugabauer, no. miss elmers? mr. peterson? mr. peterson, no. miss fudge? mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. chairman, the vote is 18 ayes, 26 nays. >> amendment number two is defeated. are there additional amendments to title two, the conservation title? seeing no additional amoment m to title number two. title number two the conservation title is now closed. title number three, a trade. now it's in order to consider title number three. i ask unanimous consent that the explanation of the title be waived. seeing no objection. seeing no objection.

mr. mcintyre, no. >> mr. boswell. >> no. mr. boswell, no. mr. baca? >> no. >> mr. baca, no. mr. cardoza? >> no. >> mr. cardoza, no. >> mr. scott? >> aye. >> mr. scott, aye. mr. kwa ar. >> no. >> mr. costa? no. >> mr. costa, no. mr. wallace, no. >> mr. schrader, no. >> mr. schrader no. mr. kissel, no. mr. owens no. >> mrs. embrey, no. >> mr. courtney? >> no. >> mr. courtney, no. >> mr. welch? >> no. >> mr. welch, no. >> miss fudge, aye. >> mr. sublime. no. mrs. sewell, no. mr. mcgovern? mr. mcgovern, no. mr. chairman? >> no. >> oh, excuse me. mr. johnson? >> yes. >> mr. johnson, yes? >> mr. chairman? i know the clerk will record no. >> no? >> no. mr. chairman, the vote is ten yeas to 36 nays. >> the amendment number 23 is not agreed to. the gentleman from iowa. >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment, number 69. the clerk will distribute amendment number 69. may i go ahead. >> the gentleman may proceed when he is prepared. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the efforts going forth here. it will be a long day so i'll try to be short. as you know, the underlying bill offers two

mr. mcintyre. mr. mcintyre: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain up to 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, defense sequestration is a very real denger that will threaten our national security, put our brave men and women in uniformat risk and destroy up to one -- uniformat risk and destroy up to one million jobs. the president avoids action on this extremely important issue. house armed services committee chairman buck mckeon has said, quote, we are overdue from guidance on the administration on how they interpret the law and plan to interpret squeast ratio

mr. mcintyre of north carolina and mr. crawford of arkansas. all three of us represent a district that right from the effect of our poultry growers and we would like nothing more than to see this industry grow and for it to create more jobs in the state nationwide. in my district in north carolina, we have felt the effect of an integrated filing of bankruptcy and other growers that have contracted with fattah integrator being left with no market for the chickens or turkeys they were raising. most recently the bankruptcy incorporated located in my district resulted in hundreds of producers having their contract voided and constituents asking me what i do to help them when in contact and being treated there is no easy way to move forward, and in a worst-case scenario some producers are unable to find new contracts and are left with large debt from the mortgages on their chicken houses and equipment. the worst-case scenario is exactly what happened to my coming to many of my growers in my district there were no new contracts we had and they were s

mr. mcintyre of north carolina for two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcintyre: i rise to speak in favor of the amendment congressman manzullo and i propose to improve h.r. 4078. our amendment would make a sensible and needed adjustment to the nation's regulatory process to instruct them to issue guidelines on the integrity of scientific guidelines. this is a goal not only supported by many members of congress from both sides of the aisle but also by the administration. in march of 2009, the president issued a memorandum directing the office of science and technology to require federal departments and agencies to develop procedures for restoring scientific integrity to government decision making. last year, the government issued h.r. 1653 saying that they should ensure the integrity of any scientific information and process used to support the agency's regulatory actions, end quote. our amendment, which is based on bipartisan legislation that congressman manzullo and i introduced earlier this year, builds on the president's action, has bipartisan su

mr. mcintyre: god bless you for your efforts to involve more young female athletes in healthy physical activities. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to urge the president to sign the veterans' jobs act this body has a duty to make sure that every veteran, our brave men and women returning home and 200,000 leaving active duty every year, to ensure they have jobs available to them and they are actually certified to be able to accept those jobs. we invest billions of dollars every year to give the best training in the world to our young men and women that are serving our country. yet when they leave active duty, most times they're not certified for the very jobs they're trying to get. mr. denham: our brave men and women deserve the opportunity to jump into these fields. why should they need two or three extra years of training to duplicate the training they've already had that often times is much

mr. chairman. >> we will start with the gentleman from north carolina. >> i have an amendment, mcintyre amendment number 15. >> the clerk will distribute amendment number 15 and the gentleman may proceed with t the -- water and wastewater needs in rural america are critically important and i know this committee recognizes this need, in the last farm bill, we provided $120 million in mandatory funding for rural water, and wastewater infrastructure, we know that water is the key and coming crisis that will keep rural america lagging behind if we do not have adequate funding and right now, there's a terrific backlog of funding, we need to make sure we provide to rural america. most of the backlog funding we have here today will go out at loans, that are repaid to the treasury. >>> we know with the current backlog in $3.2 billion, the communities economic growth is pa paralyzed. the limited tax and customer base, small and rural communities have a difficult time providing safe and affordable water which means home building, businesses and institutions cannot expand without adequate water and sewer se

mr. mcintyre? >> no. >> mr. bosswell, yes. >> mr. bosswell, yes. >> mr. baca. >> yes. >> mr. baca, yes. mr. cardoza. >> yes. >> mr. cardoza, yes. >> mr. david scott, yes. >> mr. david scott, yes. mr. kwaar, yes. >> mr. costa? >> yes. >> mr. costa, yes. mr. wallace? >> yes. >> mr. wallace, yes. mr. schrader? >> no. >> mr. schrader no. >> mr. kissel? >> yes. >> mr. kissel, yes. >> mr. owens? >> mr. owens no. mrs. pingry? >> yes. >> mr. pingry, yes. >> mr. courtney? >> yes. >> mr. courtney, yes. >> miss fudge? >> yes. >> miss fudge, yes. >> mr. sublime. >> yes. >> mr. sublime, yes. >> miss sewell? >> yes. >> miss sewell, yes. >> mr. nagbower? >> no. >> mr. nagbower, no. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no.