Given these unfortunate realities, it is imperative that the trade programs in Title III work efficiently and effectively and can be fully utilized by our producers.

I look forward to hearing more about that from our expert witnesses, as well as how they utilize the trade programs provided by the farm bill.

I worked to assist beginning farmers by reducing the cost of accessing crop insurance and incentivizing landowners with expiring CRP contracts to sell to beginning farmers.

Yes, tourism is an important part of our culture in northern Minnesota, but most of those jobs are seasonal jobs compared to the jobs that mining would provide, which are family-sustaining jobs.

It's time we come to our senses and realize that everything that sustains life is either grown or mined.

I strongly encourage the Biden Administration and this committee to correct course on this harmful decision.

Local 49 agrees with this legislation's aim to rescind PLO 7917, because from the start we have disagreed with a withdrawal of lands and mineral rights.

There is going to be no mining in the Boundary Waters or the buffer zone around it.

We have several mines that are being tied up right now in Montana because of activist judges for copper, for coal, for the things that we need to provide not only heat, not only energy, but an economy.

It is of vital importance that this Committee protect our nation's ability to mine and produce minerals necessary while refusing to acquiesce to political activists who are seeking to prevent our ability to provide our country with a…

When it comes to mining in Minnesota, it is not an either/or proposition. We can mine and protect our environment at the same time.

H.R. 3195, the Superior National Forest Restoration Act, not only overturns the harmful mining ban, but also reinstates the leases dating back to 1966.

It is well past time for Congress to claw back its authority on these important issues.

If truck drivers are not safe, if they aren't well-paid, if they aren't well-rested, if they aren't well-trained--we're going to see the consequences.

The Small Business Administration's, including the 7(a) loan program had been a huge success in my opinion and an important tool to small businesses across our great nation.

As a former small business owner, I understand how important it is for small businesses to have access to affordable credit without loan programs that enable our small businesses.

Losing that, no matter how desirable leading in AI is, which we understand the importance of that, but losing that right over new ideas and innovation could be devastating to our economy and to our way of life.

I am introducing the Rural Housing Service Reform Act.