Republicans put forward a budget, and they bragged about how this budget is cutting spending, aggressively cutting spending.
Thank you, Honorable Michael Bennet and Roger Marshall, for holding this important hearing and for inviting to share my story.
I have made no secret of my admiration and appreciation for Julie Su.
I think that it might make some sense to adjust the RCPP program so that it were more of a grant program.
Without Trout Unlimited, without American Rivers acting as conservation partners for our ag work it would not be possible.
The rollout for that has been very slow and very unclear.
It is not free. It is legal.
When I think of this RCPP, Trout Unlimited is the lead partner.
They deserve conservation programs at USDA as imaginative as they are, as ambitious as the problems they seek to solve.
Senator Marshall and I introduced a bill just earlier today.
USDA has never fully implemented many of these provisions.
Today our farmers and ranchers are not dealing with the Dust Bowl, but they are facing, in my part of the country, a 1,200-year drought.
I think to contrast RCPP, our two Gunnison projects are a perfect example.
Thank you, Honorable Michael Bennet and Roger Marshall, for holding this important hearing and for inviting to share my story and bring the ...
