Why is it a good idea to go over the heads of the people of Missouri and give this expressway, which is being developed by a private company that's making probably billions of dollars on it as they take farmers' land?

All of this, and the State of Missouri still gets-- originally, we were going to get no benefit from the Grain Belt Expressway. Zero.

I just have a problem with that. I just think it's ridiculous.

They cannot even get compensated for their land. This corporation is making billions, and you are telling me there's just nothing you can do about it.

If you really just are rubber stamping whatever comes before you, let's just shut down your council.

I think it's outrageous that a private corporation can take this kind of land.

I thank the gentlewoman for bringing this resolution. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that we are here today. Look, no one wanted to take it to this step. This has been forced upon us by the Attorney General of the United States of…

Don't you think that it's kind of incredible that this private company, Invenergy, that is responsible now for Greenbelt Express that is making boatloads of money on it, that is taking farmers' land in my State without compensating them?

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I thank Chairman Burgess for leading this rule debate. Madam Speaker, as I travel the Fourth Congressional District of the great State of Missouri, I get one question repeated often, over and over: What are we going to do to secure our…

The Republican Party is pro-pollution, pro-big oil, pro-disaster, and pro-disease.

Grain Belt Express exemplifies the type of transformative transmission projects capable of delivering the triple play of affordability, grid reliability, and more domestic renewable energy production.

This corporation is making billions, and you are telling me there's just nothing you can do about it.

I think it's outrageous that a private corporation can take this kind of land.

Farmers have opposed this for years. Farmers have been trying to get a hearing for years.

In the FAA reauthorization of 2024, we did put in targeted reforms to strengthen the Aviation Workforce Development Grant.

All of this, and the State of Missouri still gets-- originally, we were going to get no benefit from the Grain Belt Expressway.

Don't you think that it's kind of incredible that this private company... is taking farmers' land in my State without compensating them?