Senate Proceeding on Oct 8th, 2009 :: 5:59:35 to 6:04:05
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5:59:35 to 5:59:57( Edit History Discussion )

Herb Kohl: quor the presiding officer: the senator wisconsin. mr. kohl: i ask that the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kohl: i ask unanimous consent that at 3:30 p.m. today, the senate proceed to the consideration of the conference report to accompany h.r. 2997, the department of agriculture,

5:59:35 to 6:04:05( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Herb Kohl

5:59:58 to 6:00:18( Edit History Discussion )

Herb Kohl: ruler development, administration appropriations act, that debate time on the conference report be limited to 30 minutes equally divided and controlled between senators kohl and brownback or their designees, that if points of order are rai the motions to waive occur beginning upon the use or yielding back of time and that

6:00:19 to 6:00:39( Edit History Discussion )

Herb Kohl: following the points of ord motions to waive are successful, that at that time 4:00 p.m., the senate then proceed immediately to vote on adoption of the conference report, that upon adoption of the conference report, the senate then consideration of h.r. 2847, and the ensign motion to recommit with two minutes prior too vote

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Herb Kohl: in relation to the motion, with no amendments in order to the moti. there objection? without objection, so ordered. the clerk will the clerk: conference report to accompany h.r.

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Herb Kohl: committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. 2997 making appropriations for agriculture, rural development, food and drug administration, and so forth and for other purposes, having met have agreed that the house recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the senate and agree to the same and the senate agree to the

6:01:23 to 6:01:45( Edit History Discussion )

Herb Kohl: same, signed by a majority of the conferees on the part of the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kohl: thank you. mr. president, i rise today in support of the conference report on h.r. 2997, the agriculture, rural administration and agencies appropriations bill for 2010. this bill includes total

6:01:46 to 6:02:06( Edit History Discussion )

Herb Kohl: spending of $121.1 bil the total $97.8 billion is for mandatory programs and $23.3 billion is for discretionary programs. the discretionary spend this bill is an increase of billion. and it is within our 302-b allocation. this bill funds a range of progra

6:02:07 to 6:02:27( Edit History Discussion )

Herb Kohl: lives of americans every day. it provides more resources for food and drug safety. it delivers low-income housing and supports rural communities with sanitary water systems. it fully funds the w.i.c. snaps school lunch and school breakfast programs. it expands the commodity supplemental food program and

6:02:28 to 6:02:48( Edit History Discussion )

Herb Kohl: the child and adult care feeding program. it does significantly expand the mcgovern-dole programs so children in developing countries can get school meals. and often that's the only reason that they come to school. it bolsters agricultural research so that we can produce bett people more efficiently.

6:02:49 to 6:03:09( Edit History Discussion )

Herb Kohl: it funds conservation, community development, animal and health, and plant health, trade as well as much we've worked closely with our counterparts in the house to come to satisfactory agreements on issues about which we had differing views. we included compromise language

6:03:10 to 6:03:31( Edit History Discussion )

Herb Kohl: in the re-importation of chinese poultry setting up a stringent system to protect public health. this language meets all of our w.t.o. requirements andas been endorsed by all sides. we include critical funds to aid the dairy sector which is suffering from historically low prices. some will be used to purchase dairy products for food pantries and the rest will provide direct relief to producers.

6:03:32 to 6:03:52( Edit History Discussion )

Herb Kohl: we fund development of new food aid products to provide higher nutritional content for food aid recipients. most of these products have not been updated for nearly decades. overall, this bill is properly balanced. it provides appropriate funding and direction for the department of agriculture, f.d.a., and other agencies.

6:03:53 to 6:04:05( Edit History Discussion )

Herb Kohl: we worked to ensure that the concerns of all senators were addressed, and i believe we've been successful. i'm very encouraged by the process that brought us to this point, and i'm grateful to my ranking member, senator