Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for being here.

Will the United States Government allow foreign countries to steal our cotton production just as they stole our textile mills, or will we stand up and say, 'No, not this time.'

I appreciate working with you, and with that, I yield back.

crop insurance is actually going to go up because of this. Is there anything that they can be done to get relief from a potential increase for that insurance

I am having a very difficult time explaining that to my farmers back home who are going out of business.

will the same assistance that was provided in 2015 disaster declaration be available to producers in the affected areas of my district

Mr. Secretary, all I ask you to do is to open your mind and go back and relook.

What the statutory construction goes to is what Congress thought.

I did not ask you under any circumstance to break your oath. I never would.

I appreciate the hard work you have put in all these years, the sacrifices you and your wife have made to serve agriculture and rural America the way you have done.

We just simply have a disagreement on an important issue that, all politics are local.

We have some cotton guys out there that are hurting, and you know that.

If this doesn't happen quickly; and the other recommendations that you have aren't going to get us there.

Myself and Congressman Don Young are going to introduce a bipartisan resolution in the House.

I believe that there is great potential in the power of technology to help us achieve our goals of healthcare delivery system reform.

We must also continue to be forward-looking and take the next steps in healthcare reform.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, S. 2109, the Directing Dollars to Disaster Relief Act of 2015, requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to develop a plan to control and reduce its…

Last month Congresswoman Susan Brooks, Senator Dan Coats, and I sent you a letter expressing our concern about CMS's decision...