John Boozman

It's always good to talk about the budget, talking about the fiscal year 2024 budget, trying to figure out what your priorities are, and then again how we can help you, Madam Secretary and General, as you work through this.

The world is very different now than it was five years ago when we wrote the last farm bill.

Making sure that as we go forward with these programs that you are not mandated by certain practices in order to participate.

To me this is just a fundamental thing.

To me, the farm bill, you know, one of the underlying themes, if maybe not the underlying theme for the agriculture part are the risk management tools.

Your priorities are my priorities.

This farm bill will not neglect the small nor punish the large.

The Army's fiscal year 2024 budget request is a $185.5 billion short of the 2018 National Defense Strategy's recommendation of three to 5 percent real growth.

It's always good to talk about the budget, talking about the fiscal year 2024 budget, trying to figure out what your priorities are, and then again how we can help you, Madam Secretary and General, as you work through this.

The world is very different now than it was five years ago when we wrote the last farm bill.

To me this is just a fundamental thing.

To me, the farm bill, you know, one of the underlying themes, if maybe not the underlying theme for the agriculture part are the risk management tools, especially now in the very difficult times that we are in regarding input costs, high…

Your priorities are my priorities.

This farm bill will not neglect the small nor punish the large.

We are spending a lot of money for veterans. That is not a bad thing.

Tell me about the $1.9 billion in mandatory major construction funds, most of which is for a new hospital in St. Louis...

Senator Boozman. Very good. Well, that is encouraging.

Senator Boozman. Again, especially in such a difficult labor market, particularly, concerning health care.

We are spending a lot of money for veterans. That is not a bad thing.

I do appreciate the questions about Oracle Cerner, and helping us better understand what is going on.

This decision has some budgetary effects, and I look forward to hearing from you what adjustments to the budget, either already appropriated, or in the future are needed.

We are spending a lot of money for veterans. That is not a bad thing.

You have got to have the risk management in order to go forward.

You have got to have the risk management in order to go forward.

It is interesting the IRA dollars is $38 billion there that is kind of set to the side. It is not in the farm bill.