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The Committee will come to order. Welcome, I want to thank everyone for joining us today at this important hearing entitled, A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Energy--Renewable Energy Opportunities in Rural America.
Along with nearly 200 of my colleagues, I am a co-sponsor of H.R. 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act.
Achieving the promise of America means fully atoning for slavery, and this hearing is helping to do just that.
I have always believed that the best defense is a good offense.
It is vital to our National interests that we secure our networks to prevent ransomware and cyber attacks by bad actors.
As Russia wages war on Ukraine and more countries place economic sanctions on Russia, we have been warned about the potential increased cyber attacks against U.S. businesses by Russia or Russian assets.
We`re going to drill oil right here in the USA. And you know what, Pete Buttigieg can take his electric vehicles and his bicycles and he and his husband can stay out of our girl`s bathroom.
Diabetes is not partisan. It should not be partisan. Republicans and Democrats alike are diabetic.
I hope Republicans in the Senate will do what is needed to make life more affordable, and this drug more affordable for those families.
When you breathe fresh air, get down on your knees and thank the farmer who planted the trees.
One thing I know that we can do is to expand the use of wood and the wood products as a renewable resource.
I have got legislation that is cosponsored by Representative Sewell from Alabama. It is called the Disaster Reforestation Act.
Bruce Westerman, Representative Westerman, the Ranking Member on Natural Resources, has a bill called the Trillion Trees Act.
Trees are the answer. Trees are the answers. Because forests serve as carbon sinks.
Georgia is the number one forestry state in the nation.
When we have our coastal areas erode and are lost, it results in the emissions of greenhouse gases.
Some of the largest landholders in conservation in the United States are farms.
Bruce has been an incredible leader and very well-versed on natural solutions such as the role that trees can play in sequestering greenhouse gases.