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We are building the foundation for the kids that will be here tomorrow to run our Nation.

If Congress invested what it should in high-quality childcare, how could this actually benefit the broader economy even for folks who do not have children?

I think it is one of our Nation's travesties, the wages that childcare workers are paid.

This expansion of the Child Tax Credit is so important.

Some people don’t want some people to vote.

Surely some of my Republican friends believe in this chamber we should be able to debate about voting rights. After all, voting rights are preservative of all other rights and what could be more hypocritical and cynical than invoking…

Across the nation, constitutional rights are being assaulted, and I fear that if we don’t act as a body in this moment, we will have crossed a dangerous Rubicon in our nation.

Right now, across the nation, constitutional rights are being assaulted. And I fear that if we don’t act as a body in this moment, we will have crossed a dangerous Rubicon in our nation that will make it extremely difficult for the next…

It is important to me that any additional things that are done with regard to the environment currently being discussed not come out of the current safety net for our ag producers.

We need to have something that is broad enough to include everyone, but flexible enough so that no particular commodity would be overlooked, mistreated, or under-supported.

We have to ensure that it is flexible enough to include all of our agricultural programs and commodities.

Not suggesting, sir, that we eliminate crop insurance. I am trying to make available whatever crop insurance doesn't cover.

One of my most pressing concerns for the Subcommittee is to establish a permanent solution for disaster assistance.

Their actions in the markets this past week are indicative of who they are as a bad trade partner.

The other issue, Communist China. In the last decade alone, the Chinese Government has wreaked havoc on markets for cotton, sorghum, rice, wheat, corn, and, of course, soybeans.

Maintaining a stable and reliable safety net for these farmers in the event of natural disasters, or in the event of a crippled economy, or collapse in economy prices, need to be addressed in the farm bill.

Certainly in my state, the State of Georgia, after Hurricane Michael we saw the shortcomings of the crop insurance program.

This is an extremely important hearing to evaluate the importance of the farm safety net programs.