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No one ever addresses just how harmful their decarbonization dreams would be in practice.

The reality is that we don't need another study, there are literally hundreds of studies about the safety of this technology.

Transparency, the sunlight is an incredibly important tool.

I would say, frankly, that as a Nation we have underfunded research in agriculture for far too long.

There is nothing more foundational to a country's security and stability than its food supply.

Investments in research that create new opportunities; new income opportunities, is a way of maintaining those small- and mid-sized farming operations

States know who the recipients are because they administer the SNAP Program, and they also know where the jobs are.

We have had a record year in farm income in the last 2 years; however, that bounty has not been fully shared by all farmers

An inclusive agriculture and rural life must be part of a shift to a bottom-up, middle-out system.

I hope that that factor is taken into consideration, given the importance of this Department

The goal of this budget, frankly, is to invest in a stronger America, and to expand our middle class

It would likely mean a loss of 40,000 rental assistance units in rural America.

I mean our heart goes out. As a former governor, I have toured many tornado damaged sites, and it is absolutely devastating to people.

Every dollar of research generates twenty dollars, or more, of economic opportunity.

It would mean 84,000 farmers couldn't access the technical assistance they need to embrace conservation practices.

What I can tell you, Senator, and I will get a specific answer to that hypothetical.

This budget is at a critical point, at a transformational point, in my view, in rural America, and in agriculture.

If those budget cuts, even the most conservative budget cut, that is to say, putting it back to levels of several years ago, would result, not in an increase in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)…