I would like to especially acknowledge Chairman Sanders' role in helping pass this legislation, along with many other Members of this Committee, including Dr. Cassidy who worked to extend the program that saved our jobs and our industry.

If that is true, then they don't need the PRO Act to eliminate secret ballot union elections, which could expose workers to retaliation and intimidation.

But if the benefits of joining a union are so good, and I am sure that is the testimony we will hear today, then there is no reason union should have to coerce or strong arm people to join.

Teamsters changed the game at UPS, battling it out day and night to make sure our members won an agreement that pays strong wages, rewards their labor, and doesn't require a single concession.

Time is wasting and we have a sketchy situation over there on the other side of the building so we better get to work pretty quickly to get that five-year farm bill passed.

Thank you, Chairman McHenry, and thank you to our witnesses for taking the time to be here with us today.

I think in terms of AI and their impact on those two areas, on the Extension side I mentioned this idea of there are not enough Extension agents out there right now, because really, they are experts in 100 different things.

I would like to especially acknowledge Chairman Sanders' role in helping pass this legislation, along with many other Members of this Committee, including Dr. Cassidy who worked to extend the program that saved our jobs and our industry.

How do we create an economy that works for all of us, all of our people, and not just the few?

Look, what we are dealing with today, and Senator Lujan made this point and others have made the point, is some people have extraordinary wealth and extraordinary power.

This policy, including the PRO Act, would take away the ability of 27 million workers to choose how to earn a living.

The right to form a union and collectively bargain is federally guaranteed, and ensuring its protection is of the utmost importance.

They are trying to do things that regenerate the soil. They are trying to do things that reduce the cost of a lot of these inputs so that their profitability is greater, at the end of the day, obviously what is important.

Teamsters changed the game at UPS, battling it out day and night to make sure our members won an agreement that pays strong wages, rewards their labor, and doesn't require a single concession.

We have more income and wealth inequality than any time since the Gilded Age.

It is absolutely essential that we pass legislation like the PRO Act, to make it easier for workers to organize.

Over $50 trillion in wealth has gone from the bottom 90 percent to the top 1 percent.

It's simple. As a country, we can choose to collectively encourage the growth of good union jobs that pay family sustaining wages and allow those good jobs to set the standard for competition within an industry or we can continue to allow…