We are being outspent by China, who is continuing to increase and bolster its research investments.

I believe Congress has failed to address that issue, unfortunately.

I had a bill, H.R. 4967, the Food Bank Assistance Act of 2016 that we are reintroducing again this year that says spend the $100 million, because now you are addressing hunger, because you are getting food to the places that you need it to…

I live in a state... that since I have been in Congress is either the hungriest state in the nation, or it has the hungriest children in the nation.

we have been one of the hungriest states in the nation with some of the hungriest children in the nation.

It is imperative that we continue to talk about ways to reverse, or at least slow, the decline in research funding.

Given that votes have been called, I will forgo a glowing, fabulous description of our New Mexico witness.

one of the greatest challenges that we face in New Mexico, and many rural states face, is the difficulty of getting healthy, fresh, and nutritious foods to rural areas and food deserts, especially Indian Country.

I know how important it is to provide my children and my granddaughter with the nutritious foods that she needs.

What we shouldn't do is assume the 1890s are only going to be dealing with small and minority farmers, but what we have to do is leverage the best two scientists.

There is a sense that there are so many easy ways and that it is all duplicated, and that in fact we are overfeeding or over-providing.

The Margin Protection Program is the right idea. We just have to get it tweaked so that it works, especially for the small guys.

The economic impact of dairy on New Mexico cannot be understated.

Since 2014, milk prices have fallen 40% causing dairy farmers to see their incomes cut in half.

There needs to be parallel efforts to think about the marketing and the education in connecting buyers.

If your question is, do the states need to work and align more closely with the Federal Government before we roll out these systems, I would agree.

It is a two-avenue approach, and your being here helps both those avenues; first, advocacy for immigration reform; but, also talking about mechanization.

I am in favor of at least a 57 percent increase. Instead of $338 million, it ought to be $500 million.