Thanks, Mr. Chairman.
I am, of course, going to support the motion, simply for the reason that to come up with APF-2 is something this committee has worked very hard at, as have staff, for months now, and really, probably more like the last couple of years for parts of it. For us not to deal with the report, when we all know there's a looming deadline—at some point, the House is going to shut down for the summer.... I think there's no doubt that most of us here have a very sincere worry about the state of agriculture and how to make it better. If we don't deal with this report, gentlemen, around the table here, I think we're not just letting farmers down, but letting the process down and ourselves.
As far as the motion is concerned, Mr. Anderson's motion still leaves room to debate the motions that are on the agenda. I have to point out that there's no doubt there's a difference of opinion on some things from time to time, and I respect that, but there's no doubt that at least the motion we're debating at the present time is about politics. I think for the good of agriculture and the work we've done here.... It'll all be for naught if we don't spend the majority of our time here dealing with the actual report.
I'm leaving it at that, Mr. Chairman. I'm going to support the motion and go from there.