Our entrepreneurs must spend more time on their business and less time sifting through federal regulations, especially during this challenging environment for all small businesses.

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I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 6450 and allow SCORE to keep providing valuable information and resources for small businesses across the country.

I am so proud to cosponsor H.R. 6450, the SCORE for Small Business Act bipartisan legislation that will ensure the SCORE program can provide the support and assistance America's small businesses deserve.

Small businesses are the economic engine that drive our country and I am so proud to represent the small businesses which make up 93 percent of employers in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District.

I would also like to thank our Ranking Member Luetkemeyer for holding this very important markup and for working in a very bipartisan manner to consider vital pieces of legislation for our small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Ultimately, rural America knows best how to invest in their communities.

Weakening the program will put producers in my district and across the country at a competitive disadvantage around the world.

I have been watching the proceedings, and listening, and I really appreciate the panelists for being with us today, and all of the thoughtful questions that Members have asked.

Given rising fuel prices and energy prices, we know this is impacting the budgets of working families across our nation.

At this time, USDA has received state-reported QC data for the first half of FY 2022.

One of my goals for today's hearing is to bring some of those strengths to light and dig deeper on how rural communities like the ones I and many others on this Committee represent.

I also want to thank the Majority for starting these hearings for the next farm bill.

Minnesotans are about to see fuel costs go up if the Administration doesn't act now, and we have an opportunity to act now.

I hope to hear more from the Under Secretary about how we can strengthen USDA's role in this important mission area.

Corn and soybean farmers in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District rely on these programs for stability.

It is a critical topic in the farm bill, given the many benefits that the dairy industry provides to folks across the country.