mr. webster. if i were mr. webster i would do exactly what he's doing which is focusing on the underlying bill, the spending bill to support our veterans, support military construction, and homeland security. but as others have pointed out the vote before us is not on those underlying bills. it's on the rule. and everybody needs to understand that what's at play here is a scheme to use the rules to effect not -- affect not just the veterans' budget but other parts of our budget. in fact, mr. speaker, i find it especially cynical that our colleagues would use the spending bills on veterans and military construction as the vehicle to pass their budget levels which will result in dramatic cuts to the part of the budget that fund our kids' education and that fund the investments in science and research to find during and treatments to things like cancer, because we know the appropriations committee has already set out what the levels for those categories of the budget will be. you know what they are? $30 billion cut

mr. webster. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i had a question, general, there is a list of the final reports that are still under development. we have four projects in the everglades as you know.com and there is one that still not finalized which would be the fifth project. there is an italicized geekier of december 2013, which would be this year, that it is the potential of being finished. that is though a little something that says, barring any legal problems, the project is the central everglades pilot project, and is an ongoing decades old lawsuit dealing with water quality. and i would assume that would be maybe the biggest holdup, i don't know, but my question is, is there any guarantees that that could be settled before the end of this year, or anything that might be able to tell me about that that we could finalize that after, it's been going on for a long time? >> yes. we are working on it diligently. we've briefed the assistant secretary for army faired off and on that particular project. you know, i couldn't guarantee

mr. webster, kindly ake the chair? the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 1947 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to provide for the reform and continuation and other ural programs for the department of agriculture through fiscal year 2018 and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose tuesday, june 18, all general debate had expired. pursuant to house resolution 271, no further general debate shall be in order. in lieu of the amendments recommended by the committees on agriculture and judiciary printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five -minute rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of the rules committee print 113-14. modified by amendment printed house -- in part a of report 113-117. that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. no amendment to the amend

mr. speaker, daniel webster once said, hold on, my friends, to the constitution. and to the republic for which it stands. for miracles do not cluster and america's a miracle, mr. speaker. for miracles do not cluster. and what has happened once in 6,000 years may never happen again. so hold on to the constitution, for if the american constitution should fall there will be anarchy throughout the world. our founding fathers wrote the words of our constitution down for us because they didn't want us to forget their true meaning or to otherwise fall prey to those who would deliberately undermine or destroy it. this has always been the preeminent reason why we write down documents or agreements or declarations or constitutions in the first place. to preserve their original meaning and intent. mr. speaker, it really causes us to ask ourselves the question, why was all of this effort made? why are we really here in this chamber? and i would suggest to you that f we simply avail of ourselves of the most cursory glance at the founding fathers, we are all here to protect the

webster. let us try and develop something worth being remembered for. i urge passage of this bill and yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: madam chairman, i yield to the subcommittee chairman from georgia, mr. scott, two minutes. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mr. scott: madam speaker, i rise today in support of this farm bill. i, along with many others in this room, have worked on drafting a farm bill that meets the needs of our agriculture producers and consumers, have taken part in audit hearings, met with grossers and consumers. we have -- grocers and consumers. through all of this, i've gained knowledge of many unnecessary programs and the fraud and abuse that plagues these programs. i also have a new found appreciation for the farm bill and its value to the american citizens. my granddad always said, the farm bill is for times -- when times are bad. not when they are good. several of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle have reasons to vote against the bill. some say it cuts too much. for others it doesn't cut enough. let me be clear, this bill is a good step in the