I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

At a bare minimum, we should pass this amendment just to keep the Denali Commission where it is, at its pre COVID-19 level, and not allow for its continued growth in the face of trillions of dollars of debt while our people can't afford…

This amendment reduces funding for the Denali Commission by $2 million, to the FY19 prepandemic level. The Denali Commission's mission of providing job training and other economic development services in rural Alaska can better be served…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 68, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $2,500,000)''. Page 81, line 17, after the…

I refuse to let my constituents be treated like collateral damage in the way of railroad profits.

I also won't apologize for advancing a bill that was written by every Member of this Committee.

Now, I am tired of the politics and the gamesmanship, and I know folks out in the countryside are, too.

My point is, we have got to pass the darn bill.

For the past 3\1/2\ years, the Biden-Harris administration has brought nothing but failure and crisis into communities and homes across America. Beginning with the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan to runaway inflation at the gas pump…

This week the Bedford County Fair is celebrating its 150th anniversary. For generations of families in central Pennsylvania, this fair has been an incredible opportunity to come together and celebrate the farmers, the growers, and the…

I am very proud of the work that the Chairman and the Committee has done on that.

If there are Members on the other side of the aisle who truly want to see a farm bill come to fruition this year, my door remains open to renegotiation from any partner willing to come to the table with a serious proposal and not more…

The lack of support for those that feed the world is unacceptable.

Simply put, the lack of support for those that feed the world is unacceptable.

I will not apologize for advancing a bill that seeks to put the farm back into farm bill.

We have a 900 page farm bill that we kind of put our money where our mouth is.

I cannot reconcile, nor negotiate a bipartisan 900 page bill with a partisan 90 page summary.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for holding this Special Order. Tonight, we are here to mourn the passing of Corey Comperatore. As a firefighter, as a veteran of the U.S. Army reserves, Corey lived his life in service of those that…