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Mr. President, I, too, support Wilbur Ross. I know him. He lives in Palm Beach. I think he is a very good selection to be our next Secretary of Commerce. He is certainly qualified to do this job. He gave extensive answers during his…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to Harry Knight, a detailee from the Department of Commerce, during the pendency of the first session of the 115th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the members of my south Florida community who came out last Saturday to the Live Like Bella Superhero 5K Run/Walk at Zoo Miami. Live Like Bella works every day to fight pediatric cancer through medical…
The U.S. position must be that Josh Holt and all the political prisoners including Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma must be released immediately and unconditionally.
Austerity measures are coming and we need to prepare for that.
The current unfair trade environment with Mexico has drastically harmed many specialty crop producers, including the potato industry.
When we don't have the workers we need to produce and harvest our crops, it hurts our competitiveness, our local economies, and jobs.
Our faculty conducted about $140 million in agriculture research this past year benefitting Florida's crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries, and natural resource systems.
Florida agriculture has a $148 billion economic impact, second only to tourism in the State of Florida.
Our goal, and I know the Chairman's goal, is to make it pass on the first round.
Agriculture is an incredibly important and powerful economic force in our state.
Federal research dollars also help us tackle the vital challenges that are unique to Florida's geography and climate.
Our goal, like today in this farm bill, is to make sure that the program is there for those that need it, and that we have the integrity of the program long-term.
Reforms need to be made. Reforms, not cuts, because what we want to make sure is that the people that truly need this, have this.
I have been in agriculture since I was about 15 years of age. And you guys have touched on everything that is important that we need to cover.
I feel confident that we will fix this in this Congress.
we want to get the most efficient use of these programs into the hands of the people that need them.
Austerity measures are coming, and we want to make sure that the programs that get cut that they are cut efficiently.