the unemployment insurance system, it was added to the High-Risk List after the Biden Administration has continued to fumble the ball.

I find it rather rich that the same individuals who voted against the $1.6 billion investment in fuel reduction... now have the audacity to question you.

If we stayed focused on violent criminals, we could reduce the crime, especially in urban America, where it is so dangerous.

Neguse, Hon. Joe, a Representative in Congress from the State of Colorado.

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 that it might make some sense to adjust the RCPP program so that it were more of a grant program.

I think answering that question is going to be so vital for the next generation of Americans and the generations coming after that.

I agree strongly with the view that other people have expressed today, that one-size-fits-all approaches, when it comes to American agriculture, does not make a lot of sense.

I agree strongly with the view that other people have expressed today, that one-size-fits-all approaches, when it comes to American agriculture, does not make a lot of sense.

It is remarkable, I think, to have the kind of breadth of perspectives that we have had this morning.

I know you are familiar with the droughts that we are facing in Colorado and Kansas, and as you noted in your testimony the last farm bill had multiple provisions to help producers, and water managers, to cope with water scarcity.

It is a risky business, capital-intensive business, and if we are not in business then we are not producing food.

I would like to see an authentic and deep, committed investment into young, beginning, small, traditional, Indigenous, land-based farmers of color by the USDA.

One of the great things about this Committee is that it is not a very partisan Committee.

Senator Marshall and I introduced a bill just earlier today--we can do two things at once.

I am excited to have somebody on the Agriculture Committee who has got as much firsthand experience as you do.

If it takes 80 hours for the possibility of receiving $1,700, I can see why someone would think twice before applying.

If it takes 80 hours for the possibility of receiving $1,700, I can see why someone would think twice before applying.