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The focus of the next farm bill must be on policies that enable equitable land access and transition.

The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act made the largest Federal broadband investment in our nation's history, totaling nearly $65 billion.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the necessity of reliable broadband as workplaces and businesses migrated online.

Broadband is a critical tool for rural development, but inaccessibility to high-speed internet remains a major barrier for rural communities.

We can better shape.

The two ways to tackle that is discontinue the increase in money supply and quit spending government money.

There is not a lot in the farm bill to deal with this other than you just hope that commodity prices will keep pace with the inflation.

We just saw yesterday where the June CPI inflation report shows about a 9.1 percent increase.

It has given more control of our food supply over to the largest of the corporations.

Ninety percent of our food supply in this country comes from about 12 percent of the farmers.

I think we need to work on that.

Historically, these groups of producers tend to have financial positions that are less desirable to lenders.

I am also excited for the opportunity to continue to work with my colleague, Ranking Member Thompson of Pennsylvania, who shares an interest in this area.

Our young, beginning and underserved producers face difficulties in obtaining credit that our more seasoned and established producers may not encounter.

I am eager to learn how changes enacted in the 2018 Farm Bill have affected our producers and how we can improve these programs through effective policy decisions.

Credit access and availability is vitally important to keep a farming operation afloat.

Access to capital, but even more so, access to credit, is a pillar to establishing a successful agricultural operation.

We must ensure that the next generation of men and women who take the place of those retiring from this grand occupation have the tools necessary to continue to produce the food and fiber that we rely on for our existence.