we have been one of the hungriest states in the nation with some of the hungriest children in the nation.
the challenges are incredible, and these safety net programs are incredibly valuable and important.
And so again, trade is a vital component there and we have a lot of concern, and we definitely want to see new trade agr...
Since 2014, milk prices have fallen 40% causing dairy farmers to see their incomes cut in half.
The economic impact of dairy on New Mexico cannot be understated.
Dairy farms and processing plants are responsible for $26 billion of the state's economy.
The Margin Protection Program is the right idea. We just have to get it tweaked so that it works, especially for the sma...
I am in favor of at least a 57 percent increase. Instead of $338 million, it ought to be $500 million.
I had a bill, H.R. 4967, the Food Bank Assistance Act of 2016 that we are reintroducing again this year that says spend ...
There is a sense that there are so many easy ways and that it is all duplicated, and that in fact we are overfeeding or ...
I live in a state... that since I have been in Congress is either the hungriest state in the nation, or it has the hungr...
I proposed that if we were really trying to address hunger, then we should be providing three meals a day.
We enjoy the safest, most affordable, and most abundant food supply in the world in large part due to sustained public i...
Thank you very much for your support for research.
The current Administration is cutting agricultural discretionary spending by about $4.7 billion.
We are being outspent by China, who is continuing to increase and bolster its research investments.
It is imperative that we continue to talk about ways to reverse, or at least slow, the decline in research funding.
Washington spends millions on crop research. Why doesn't more go toward the foods we're actually supposed to eat?