There is no one more committed to leaving this world cleaner, healthier, and safer than we found it.

We need solutions that fuel long-term economic development and provide multiple benefits like Senator Bennet's Healthy Watersheds and Healthy Communities Act.

Good. Great. Well, what a fantastic panel. It is actually hard to believe that you were not preparing your testimony together.

This is a five-alarm fire, and Washington needs to treat it that way.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Austin Scott) for the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. (Mr. NEGUSE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. Speaker, I know Mr. Scott to be an intellectually honest debater and Member, and I wonder maybe perhaps he will indulge me in a bit of a colloquy because I take him at his word that he believes that we have a crisis on the southern…

I am confident that we will come out of today's field hearings with innovative solutions for farmers and ranchers.

I want to thank Senators Bennet and Marshall for hosting this and for looking beyond bipartisan lines.

I think if we can move decision-making point down a level or two to the people that are interacting with us on daily basis, we would get a better result.

The future of rural America depends on whether the next generation decides to continue operating their family farms and ranches.

Thank you all for being here today.

We have to figure out a way when margins are as thin as they are, to give people a chance to make mistakes along the way, too, and to learn from those mistakes.

We can actually absolutely do a better job of incentivizing positive outcomes through the Conservation Reserve Program.

The future of rural America depends on whether the next generation decides to continue operating their family farms and ranches.

Thank you. Thank you all for your excellent testimony. Appreciate your being here.

We can actually absolutely do a better job of incentivizing positive outcomes through the Conservation Reserve Program.

Mr. Speaker, I missed the first vote in the 10:30 am vote series on the Motion Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 1316. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 283, the Motion Ordering the Previous Question on H…

Mr. Speaker, to discuss our proposal, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Tokuda), a friend and colleague who has been a national leader on this issue, among many others.