I come from Virginia where our number one private industry is agriculture.

I was out visiting a farm in Caroline County, and a farmer said he has 1,000 acres of cereal rye.

In the last 8 years, you seem to have forgotten that the small number of producers you now demonize are responsible for 80 percent of the production.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul is not going to result in an effective farm bill.

Now, the farm bill is the best opportunity that exists to course-correct.

We don't. And we are importing more food than we ever have in this country.

The second phase is really where the rubber is going to hit the road, though, because it is going to be dealing with those subsidies that are contributing to overcapacity and overfishing very directly.

If we care about human rights, ... we want them buying from the United States.

I was very proud last Congress to support the Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law in August 22.

extending drug price negotiations into the commercial market would increase Federal revenues by $45 billion over 10 years

the Inflation Reduction Act, which again has now put into place a mechanism for negotiating lower prices for prescription drug

To gut an economy, Mr. Chairman, to gut an economy with no assurance of success is just a really bad bet for the taxpayers, and for the ratepayers, and for people.

We don't nationalize industries in the United States.

California has now paid twice the rate for electricity as the national average, precisely because of this kind of environmental lunacy.

I want to thank Representative Steel for bringing her bill before us this morning, championing an energy resource in geothermal that, despite its immense promise both economically and environmentally, remains largely and shockingly untapped.

I urge my colleagues to support my efforts to allow for greater transparency when it comes to issuing policies that impact the paychecks and prosperity of all Americans.

In California, the average gas price is over $6 per gallon. When gas prices go up, it really hurts middle- and lower-income families.

So, this isn't even about a cost benefit analysis at all, correct?