But I would like to specifically ask a question about the CRP program. Right now the biggest problem in that program is flexibility.
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That whole farm bill is an economic project to ensure that Americans have a safe and efficient food source, and in fact, that is what this Committee needs to be laser focused on.
We are using the taxpayers' dollars to do that, but then the result of that is we have these empty grocery shelves.
Well, what we need to do is we need to figure out one, all of a sudden in this new Administration it is all about climate, and we are seeing food prices skyrocket.
We may be so fixated on one issue that all of a sudden, we lose the whole intent of why we are here.
I hear them talking about, like, the cost of gasoline and finding gasoline, and the cost of everything.
The cost of fertilizer, Mr. Chairman. Alarm bells have been ringing.
So, yes. If you could get with our office and let's address this problem and see if something can be done, that would be most appreciated.
We are in a much different world today than we were in 1972 when Congress first created a performance royalty.
Congress must make pathways to finance more widely accessible to young farmers and ranchers.
Well, from my economic experience, supply and demand is what guides everything.
We have to talk about what can be if we do the work together.
Voter suppression does work. But one of the ways we were able to combat it in 2018, defeat it in 2020 and 2021, was the sheer volume of people who pushed against those barriers.
My decision to run for governor, both in 2018 and again today, is because of something you said. It's about regular people.
That's why I'm running. That's why Raphael Warnock is running.
We can energize and engage. But we have got to do the work.