Congressman Stauber's proposed legislation titled Superior National Forest Restoration Act is a bold action that will rightfully restore our region.

Strong agriculture equals strong rural communities equals just more opportunity, flat out, in small towns and rural places.

Strong agriculture equals strong rural communities equals just more opportunity, flat out, in small towns and rural places.

I would also like to thank Senator Rounds for his partnership on the Rural Housing Reform legislation that we announced this morning.

If you do not have a safe, affordable place to live, nothing else in your life works, not your job, or your education, or your health.

Small towns and rural places are creative, entrepreneurial, diverse, and wonderful places to live and to work and to raise a family.

We held two hearings together in this Subcommittee, and then we also sought comments from the public.

Thank you so much to you and your staff for working together with us on today's hearing.

We held two hearings together in this Subcommittee, and then we also sought comments from the public.

I would also like to thank Senator Rounds for his partnership on the Rural Housing Reform legislation that we announced this morning.

Small towns and rural places are creative, entrepreneurial, diverse, and wonderful places to live and to work and to raise a family.

Everybody has been saying today that everything is local, and one size does not fit all, and those FSA offices need to support that.

We have got to make sure that crop insurance stays intact, and we need to broaden it for those specialty crops.

We have a serious shortage of housing in this country, especially in rural communities.

We need to make sure that whether it is the reference prices in there or other triggers that reflect today's circumstance.

Our working lands programs are oversubscribed.

Thank you so much to you and your staff for working together with us on today's hearing.

We need to protect our small farmers, our large farmers, and every farmer in between.