Food security is national security, and several have said that today.

We often talk about kitchen table issues, and what better time to elevate those issues than this week, which you all have declared in honor of refrigerator freedom. Specifically, as I was walking around July Fourth, I heard a lot of issues…

I do wish that the EPA themselves were here, and the reason being is because there is, like all government agencies, they are supposed to be here to help, not to hinder.

Under this Administration the EPA has adopted the mindset of dictating rather than working collaboratively.

I would argue the EPA's approach to punishing American farmers and ranchers through regulation under this Administration is also unprecedented.

it was 11 years ago that I wrote a letter to John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court--11 years ago-- asking him a basic question: Mr. Chief Justice, why is it that you believe the nine Justices that sit on the Supreme Court…

This situation is going to get much more urgent for farmers. They need to get tools in a timely fashion.

Simply put, the EPA under the Biden Administration does not understand American agriculture or rural America.

I will tell anybody that farmers are the best environmentalists that this country has.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. ____________________

I think it is my personal goal to die before we have another financial crisis, and then I will be doing my job well.

Our fear is that the local lending institution is going to call their notes due, and it is going to put them out of business.

I'm very concerned. It's going to be a close race.

Our farmers deserve an Administration that works with them, not against them.

I hope my colleagues will join me in voting for this motion to recommit.

So, when you find that the vast majority of our crops grown in this country do use some level of weed control or insect control in order to be viable, then we have to acknowledge that, or we are not going to be the breadbasket for the…

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Casten of Illinois moves to recommit the bill H.R. 7700 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce…

I guess when things are going well, as they currently are, it is all of our duties to look around the curve and see the risks that keep you up at night.