I have a lot of friends in this room, and some are all on one side and many are on the other side. I have heard some shocking things in here...
When there is abuse of the independent contractor classification, it is actually to the detriment of American workers.
For every visit you've been to the border, I've probably doubled it. I've walked the streets and seen the despair.
I worry that we lose many great candidates for public office who simply see this kind of thing on television.
The present Administration policies are weakening our economy through excessive spending and the value of the dollar which causes inflation.
This rule changes the requirements for a person to be considered actively engaged in farming for the purpose of payment eligibility for cert...
I hope it will keep a principled approach.
We need to get into shape. We are getting ourselves out-of-shape, and we need to be serious about being the strongest economy in the world.
We want to remind that this farm bill is really all about farmers, all farmers.
We will only see continued climate change. That is not going away, sadly.
The input from experts like you at these hearings are crucial to the work that we do as we write the bill.
Thank you, Dr. Worthington.
I encourage the Committee to consider making science-based regulations that would enable us to tackle these problems quickly.
This is an opportunity to decrease risk for our farmers, stabilize our food supply chain, increase accessibility to healthy fruits and veget...
I think we should have more research and microdosing and other issues, I think, is essential.
Currently mushroom producers are not covered under crop insurance. This exclusion could harm mushroom producers and the broader local econom...
I am proud to be a co-sponsor of Senator Brown's Local Farms and Food Act of 2023.
I am also excited to announce my bipartisan Protecting Mushroom Farmers Act.
