I think we have been meeting with some of the best thought leaders, trying to really map what we will see occur here into the fall.

If those individuals really understand where the money can come from and the different sources and the requirements who are applying for those, I think it just makes it more efficient and extends your capabilities right out in the rural…

Sometimes looking at the Farm Service Agency or some of the programs that are available, and if you go on the website, you could get lost.

So can you elaborate on--are there any issues that we need to tweak in that program, that you are aware of, or has it been working well enough to leave it alone?

I echo my colleagues in hoping this hearing reveals more immediate solutions to these problems.

We must come together to improve access and promote healthy foods and improve nutrition.

Republicans have emphasized working lands programs for the last 2 decades, even before it became popular in the conservation community.

I firmly believe the extraordinary achievements in biotechnology over the past several decades have given our farmers and ranchers innovative tools to produce higher yields with less inputs as well.

I especially am worried about the earmarking of all the new money just for climate rather than letting the locally-led process work.

While digesters have tremendous potential for producers and our greater national climate mitigation efforts, I often hear how hindered their adoption can be.

The things that we have heard here today I think are very important to the farm bill in 2023.

I think this is the real value of the McGovern-Dole initiative, and the more we can do, the better it is.

We must think about the best ways to guide recipients to independence through employment, education, and training.

I am proud of our dairy industry for rising to the unprecedented challenges.

food, the food that we grow in America, is a national security issue.

The next reauthorization of the farm bill presents an opportunity to review the program with the benefit of lessons learned during the temporary government shutdown of 2019 and the COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2020.

I really appreciate having this hearing. I appreciate us getting started on the farm bill.

Now, I want to commend the National Milk Producers Federation and the International Dairy Foods Association for their work.