mrs. hartzler of missouri. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 40, the gentlelady from missouri, mrs. hartzler, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from missouri. mrs. hartzler: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to offer an amendment to bring certainty to farmers, agriculture cooperatives, and grain elevators across missouri and the country that are having problems complying with burdensome reporting requirements at the cftc. dodd-frank never intended to regulate end users like independent grain elevators who work on behalf of missouri farmers who help manage their price risk. my amendment works to correct this oversight and provide a stable environment for all players in the industry. my amendment is simple, it would require the commission to address three outstanding concerns to the ownership and control reports rule, better known as the o.c.r. rule. before the commission can begin enforcement, which by the way, the cftc is not enforcing presently.

mrs. hartzler. mrs. hartzler: i'm just heartsick to hear my colleagues talk about how they were celebrating the 44th anniversary of roe versus wade. that is 60 million babies, little girls, little boys that have been aborted and no longer have a chance to live. we could have perhaps have a cure for cancer, alzheimer's. who knows what the potential of those lives could have been. how about a celebration of that. and using the terminology that this bill deals with abortion care. abortion isn't care. abortion services. it is taking a life. and this bill does nothing to change roe versus wade, although i wish it could, but it says that taxpayers don't have to participate in it. the taxpayers who believe that every life is precious and work hard and send in their money every april 15 and they entrust it to us. we have national security issues, we have roads and education and don't want to see it go to something like taking a life through abortion. this is what we are doing today is simply making permanent a po

mr. hartzler, a valuable member -- mrs. hartzler, a valuable member of the ag committee. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. . mrs. hartzler: i rise today in support of the act. ---i thank the chairman for the hours he put in to crafting this bill to provide relief to the end users across the nation never intended to be burdened by these rules and regulations. i have heard from many end users in my district about the need for commence reforms o our financial regulations encapsulated in this bill. these regulations affect entities, the people i represent, rely on every day. from the rural electric cooperatives that use these tools to keep energy prices as low and stable as possible for rural missourians to the local grean elevators and farmers that manage their price civic using futures and options at a time when prices are low and times are hard in farm country. regulatory relief for main street is way past due on these regulations that were designed to regulation wall street. during this debate i have heard from some of my colleagues concerns that

mrs. hartzler. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. hartzler: i rise as an advocate for the united states mill air and -- military and the selfless men and women who fill its ranks. while i appreciate the comments my colleagues are making, this is an extraordinary time as we consider this legislation and an extraordinary man about whom we are talking. in just one week, we'll have a new president and that tells us we should have the president's secretary of defense to step in and assume control of the department of defense that day as well. our soldier, sailor, airmen and marines mouf their organization's leader in position. that clear and steady leadership is crucial when lives are on the line. to save our military's readiness under our -- the state of our military's readiness under our current administration is worth mentioning too. many of our aircraft are old, never before has there been such extraordinary challenges to the training and equiping of our forces. we ask our troops to stand ready to and fight against an emergent china, u