I especially appreciate the time and resources NRCS has dedicated to improving water management.

Joe Biden's own Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Homeland Security have acknowledged the increase in child trafficking under the Biden administration.

The Department of Labor's proposed overtime rule is deeply concerning for the well-being of our Nation's small businesses.

those are your words. However, other agencies in this Administration are proposing burdensome regulations.

This has created an embarrassment to your department and a crisis of legitimacy with respect to every rule and regulation it churns out.

Can you please pass a farm bill?

if you authorize it, if Congress creates the opportunity for this, we will be more than happy to utilize that program.

We want to give you that authority.

What specific policies and procedures has USDA implemented in light of this development?

Thank you for being here, Secretary Vilsack. It is a great honor to be here with you on my birthday.

I have been imploring different agencies, including USDA, to get real numbers and transparency.

I agree with the Supreme Court. We should be acting.

So which is it? For all my colleagues, do you want your priorities funded or not?

We obviously are very interested in making sure it doesn't happen again.

The hypocrisy of this Administration knows no bounds, and a prime example is your shifting positions on the ideal farm size in less than a decade.

However, Ms. Looman, one glaring constitutional anomaly at your Department, the Department of Labor, must first be addressed.

Thank you to the Secretary. I had just a month ago best-of-breed growers in my district...

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing today. And I certainly welcome our distinguished Secretary Vilsack.