Pursuant to House Resolution 445 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further onsideration of h. R. 3055. Will the gentlewoman from the district of columbia kindly take the chair. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h. R. 3055 which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill making appropriations for the departments of commerce and justice, science and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020, and for other purposes. The chair when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, en were amendments en bloc offered by the gentlewoman from minnesota, ms. Mccollum, have ow been disposed of. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will resume on those amendments printed in part b of house report 116119 on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order. Amendment 3 by mr. Rutherford of florida
Companies that make them. But now, growing evidence shows that these insecticides are not only killing target pests, they are killing many beneficial species and destroying the base of the food chain. This has happened before. Are they the new ddt . We dont want to have an insecticide that kills things it shouldnt. Weve been somehow railroaded by Agrochemical Companies into relying entirely on their products. And i think we should be really concerned. It began with honeybees. In 2006, large numbers of worker bees began to abruptly disappear from honeybee colonies. Since then, beekeepers have been losing 30 or more of their hives annually, losses that are higher than normal. This phenomenon came to be called colony collapse disorder. New york state beekeeper jim doan saw it firsthand. Ive worked in bees for now 46 years, and so i know what normal looks like, and what weve seen over the last 6 or 7 years is not normal. Honeybee loss has consequences for the economy. Onethird of food prod
Companies that make them. But now, growing evidence shows that these insecticides are not only killing target pests, they are killing many beneficial species and destroying the base of the food chain. This has happened before. Are they the new ddt . We dont want to have an insecticide that kills things it shouldnt. Weve been somehow railroaded by Agrochemical Companies into relying entirely on their products. And i think we should be really concerned. It began with honeybees. In 2006, large numbers of worker bees began to abruptly disappear from honeybee colonies. Since then, beekeepers have been losing 30 or more of their hives annually, losses that are higher than normal. This phenomenon came to be called colony collapse disorder. New york state beekeeper jim doan saw it firsthand. Ive worked in bees for now 46 years, and so i know what normal looks like, and what weve seen over the last 6 or 7 years is not normal. Honeybee loss has consequences for the economy. Onethird of food prod
That these insectides are n only killing target pests, they are killing many beneficial species and destroying the base of e food cha. This has happened before. Are they the new ddt . We dont want to have an insecticide that kills things it shouldnt. Weve been somehow railroaded by Agrochemical Companies into relying entirely on their products. And i think we should be really concerned. It began th honeybees. In 2006, large numbers of worker bees began to abruptly disappear from honeybee colonies. Since then, beekeepers have been losing 30 or more of their hives annually, losses that are higher than normal. This phenomenon came to be called colony collapse disorder. New york state beekeeper jim doan saw it firsthand. Ive worked in bees for now 46 years, and so i know what normal looks like, and what weve seen over the last 6 or 7 years is not normal. Neybee ls has consuences f the ecomy. Onthird ofood proded in the u. Sdepends honeybe polination we are putting at risk several hundred b
That these insectides are n only killing target pests, they are killing many beneficial species and destroying the base of e food cha. This has happened before. Are they the new ddt . We dont want to have an insecticide that kills things it shouldnt. Weve been somehow railroaded by Agrochemical Companies into relying entirely on their products. And i think we should be really concerned. It began th honeybees. In 2006, large numbers of worker bees began to abruptly disappear from honeybee colonies. Since then, beekeepers have been losing 30 or more of their hives annually, losses that are higher than normal. This phenomenon came to be called colony collapse disorder. New york state beekeeper jim doan saw it firsthand. Ive worked in bees for now 46 years, and so i know what normal looks like, and what weve seen over the last 6 or 7 years is not normal. Neybee ls has consuences f the ecomy. Onthird ofood proded in the u. Sdepends honeybe polination we are putting at risk several hundred b