The witnesses before us have an opportunity and an important story to tell.

consumers are becoming increasingly interested in where their food comes from

Ranking Member Baird mentioned that we started Four Seasons Local Market.

I look forward to developing a fruitful relationship with you as we serve on this Subcommittee.

Instead of funding a military, that police's and kills Palestinians. I have some communities in St. Louis city and in St. Louis County, that that where that money can go where we desperately need investment where we are hurting.

Today I rise because, as a proud pro-life advocate, I cannot stay silent as I watch the Biden administration chip away at the rights of defenseless unborn. Democrats have been working over time with the Biden administration to roll back…

We are running out of time. Just in the last few weeks alone, some of our colleagues in the Senate have actively been undermining our ability to deliver significant voting reforms.

Our right to vote is the foundation of our democracy. The right to vote is our instrument for change.

It is for this reason that nonpartisan Federal election observers are needed to investigate, document, and build a record of discrimination that can be used in courts and to inform legislation.

That makes it a crime punishable by up to a year in jail for nonpartisan volunteers to provide bottled water for voters in line outside of polling places.

Throughout this Congress, members have heard from numerous constituent small business owners and job creators in a prioritized legislation to support the small business recovery.

What would happen to the availability and the cost of credit if we eliminated entire categories of debt from credit scores?

This is a conversation about one party's intent, and their ongoing White supremacist attempts to suppress the power of Black and Brown, indigenous, and other marginalized voters.

Several Republican-controlled States have gone out of their way, time and time and time again, to suppress Black voters because they fear our power and our political vision for America.

I am proud of the work this Committee has been able to achieve on a bipartisan basis such as the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act.

COVID-19 devastated small businesses, and through no fault of their own, many were forced to close their doors due to overreaching state and local shutdown measures and altered capacity restrictions.

As small businesses continue to recover, we must ensure they return to operating independently.

I need them to stop being hypocrites.