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Strong investments in public agriculture research have historically allowed our farmers, ranchers, and rural communities to remain competitive and increase their overall productivity.

Our farmers and ranchers deserve better, and so do the valued career public servants who left their positions within ERS and NIFA for other opportunities.

I can honestly say, I was disappointed in his response and failure to outline a clear, robust plan for how these agencies would prevent gaps in services.

I believe that this Subcommittee and the full House Agriculture Committee understands the value of trusted science.

He was really a mentor for me.

He worked across the aisle with individuals that people were flabbergasted at.

He always operated with fairness, was always very thoughtful in his deliberations.

He was a gentleman. He was an angel among many of us.

Unfortunately, your efforts to relocate ERS and NIFA threaten this work and the work of researchers across this country.

Congress must act before September 30, 2019, to avert catastrophic damage to our healthcare system and the health and well-being of the people of Puerto Rico.

Members, with no exaggeration, the Congress, together with the Administration, must act by September 30, 2019, to avert catastrophic damage to our healthcare system.

Unless the Congress and the Administration act to support the two requests I have outlined above before September 30, 2019, we will be faced with potentially catastrophic damage to our Medicaid program and our healthcare system.

I think of all the money that America spends on foreign aid, foreign food programs; and the fact that we, as Americans, are squabbling over feeding our own, of providing nutrition and assistance to those families, to veterans, to our…

I thank the gentleman for that enlightening information that he has shared with us. We know that the years of experience and seniority that the gentleman has gained on the Agriculture Committee have given him not only a passion, but a real…

I rise as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus to speak to this body about the issues that are important to Americans, everyday Americans. The Congressional Black Caucus is the conscience of the Congress, and we feel that it is our…

I am just thinking about the particular vulnerabilities that those of your sectors that are in what may be considered far-flung areas may face with respect to that.

The Coast Guard has been exemplary in the Virgin Islands, and we could not do many of the things that we do to protect ourselves without their support.

I feel that quite a number of Members are hung up on that. I won't get into the fact that people were more concerned about parking than they were about the rights of citizens to be able to make their own determination.