One million seniors no longer getting Meals on Wheels.

I look at the approval ratings. You know, we know that there is, you know, still some dissatisfaction with national Democrats, despite everything that they have delivered on in the last two years.

Don't default, but let's have that debate about what's fair for the majority of American people.

The message we should send today to our Republicans in the House is don't default.

I want to ask a broader question now because I am very confident that we are going to be able to work together on this Committee and be able to move forward a bipartisan farm bill that works for those across the country.

We need to stress that while republican colleagues are concerned about the debt, we know that about 25 percent of all the debt of the country ever came from four years of Donald Trump's presidency.

80,000 VA jobs. How do we do veterans healthcare if that's cut?

30,000 law enforcement jobs gone. What does that do to our public safety?

It is so important that we actually have accurate provider directories, and this is just part of the whole big picture.

The only people that want chaos, and want to play politics would even be considering this.

I worry about the folks who have never done a farm bill.

For the country. It is for our national security, for a lot of things.

We need all of it to make this happen.

One of the ways to get more assistance to farmers would be to repeal that 5.7 percent yearly cut.

The combination of the two really limits the effectiveness of the program when it is trying to compensate for some of those disastrous losses.

You said you cannot insure your way out of a disaster. That is why it is so important that we be supporting these efforts to deal with the disasters.

I worry about the folks who have never done a farm bill.

Thank you again, Chairwoman, for the opportunity to introduce my constituent, Greg Ackerman.