By calling upon all Americans to celebrate the ethnic, racial, and religious diversity that has made the United States the leader of a community of nations and the beacon of hope and inspiration to oppressed people everywhere.

Let me quote William Faulkner because he does not look like me and, Mr. Counselor, he doesn't look like you. He said, "The past is never dead. It's not even the past."

We need to end the doctrine of qualified immunity. That doctrine has hurt my family.

My commitment to you is to find justice and relief, and to demand that the mayor of the city of Tulsa give you the resources to those descendants, not for him to pocket, not for the city of Tulsa, but to be able to get those raised monies--

The victims of this atrocity have been denied justice for far too long.

As the 100th year anniversary of the Tulsa-Greenwood Massacre approaches, we must examine this part of our history, lest we be bound to repeat it.

There is only one reason why descendants of the Tulsa Massacre have not been compensated. That reason is racism.

Racism is alive and well in this country.

It is time to reject corporate-cronyism and instead, support American workers, consumers, and manufacturers.

Clearly, the costs of the sugar program far outweigh the benefits to a small group of special interests.

Biochar is an emerging carbon sequestration tool with exciting potential to sequester carbon for hundreds of years.

this is an opportunity to course correct the manner and process by which this Committee conducts its business

It is an important opportunity to hear from you and to hear from all of our colleagues on... the very important issue of agriculture.

I would like to suggest we invite Secretary Vilsack to testify before the Committee

we are long overdue on our farm bill oversight implementation and implementation duties

The 2018 Farm Bill was the greenest farm bill in history.

I am committed to working with you all to advance meaningful, bipartisan conservation and forestry legislation.

I encourage the House Agriculture Committee to join me in protecting American consumers, workers and manufacturers from further government-imposed harm.