the programs and the spending that the Ranking Member and some of our colleagues have blamed for inflation provided critical relief that kept working families and small businesses afloat during a global pandemic.

We would be happy to work with the companies on legislation, but they shut every single thing down. Why? Because they can.

My view of this is that climate change and the economy are inextricably linked.

the laws that the Democrats passed to lower prescription drug costs and health care costs and to lower energy costs for Americans are helping to lower basic costs for families.

what we ought to be looking for is striving for bipartisan solutions to find a path forward.

I think we have a moral obligation to make sure that people can get the health care that they need.

I think we have a moral obligation to make sure that people can get the health care that they need.

Of course they are very interested in the conservation programs and are very interested in passing a bipartisan farm bill, which is so crucial.

I appreciate that. And I suspect that almost everybody on this Committee would agree that while we may--we certainly have, I think, a moral obligation to make sure that people can get the health care that they need.

Farmers and producers appreciate conservation programs. No one cares more about conservation than farmers.

Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Raskin).

Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 14, after the period, insert the following: ``In estimating the inflationary…

We cannot react our way out of a disaster but we can sure plan our way around the next one.

Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I rise today to call on Congress to take up economic measurement tools that will uplift all Americans. My amendment would add factors from the genuine progress indicator to…

Of course they are very interested in the conservation programs and are very interested in passing a bipartisan farm bill, which is so crucial.

I think it just reminds me of what an important responsibility we have through the work that we are doing to reauthorize this legislation, to not put clinics in the position of wasting time and energy and resources trying to plan for a…

Senator Thune and I reintroduced legislation to improve the use of conservation data analysis.

It has been a resounding success, and I believe further expansion of the program in the farm bill can help us manage additional acres of forest.