I'm Rodney Davis from central Illinois. We actually do not have many speciality crops in the 14 counties that I serve.
What he constantly reminds us of, from his perch in his chair, is that agriculture is different everywhere you are.
I do believe it is important to highlight that other Subcommittees' work directly impacts specialty crop producers.
This is what helps us get a good farm bill. It's what helped us the last time. It's what's going to help us in 2018.
opening statement
I want to remind everyone it is up to the Agriculture Committee, how any required savings would be achieved.
the good news is we are building on a record of bipartisan work and accomplishments.
This is the type of success story I hope we can all gather around as we move into the next farm bill.
We want to get the benefits and the food to those families and those individuals who need it the most.
We have to be very careful about a Federal mandate that would create, whether perverse incentives or not, the right oppo...
Food safety, food security, and the ability to produce high-quality food at a low price... is going to be significant.
It is up to each and every one of you to continue that trend.
I am actually grateful that Chairman Conaway has given me the opportunity to once again chair the Subcommittee on Biotec...
Cost is the main driver for so many of my school districts who are under-funded.
I don't have nothing to yell at the Canadians about.
We want to increase the amounts of healthy foods that are served in our school cafeterias.
I am very appreciative of my good friend, Ms. Fudge, who is one of my co-leaders in trying to ensure that our TEFAP fund...
We enjoy the safest, most affordable, and most abundant food supply in the world in large part due to sustained public i...
