John Boozman

One of the problems that has occurred is that we have heard from a number of ag lenders that partner with USDA to make Farm Service Agency guaranteed farm loans to socially disadvantaged farmers who could be negatively impacted by the…

We appreciate your willingness to serve, and like Senator Tuberville, coach, my father also was in the military.

If confirmed, can you commit to assisting Congress in closing these legal loopholes...

Congress has made great strides to ensure that veterans are not taken advantage of when seeking services through the VA.

We need your feedback so that government is helping you with your mission, not getting in the way.

Thank you, Senator Warnock, very much. On behalf of myself and Senator Stabenow, who had to run and cast a vote--that is the only thing we absolutely have to do around here--we want to thank the panel.

Our children are not something that we should ever give up on.

Nobody has done a better job during the pandemic than you all have, and before the pandemic.

There are many advances in technology that the Chairwoman just talked about that we should be considering for things like the WIC community.

The Summer Food Service Program needs to be modernized to include flexibility in the congregate meals requirement.

I look forward to working with Chairwoman Stabenow and the other members of the Committee to produce a bipartisan child nutrition bill this year.

The VA has well-established grant programs like the Supportive Service for Veterans Families----

The issue veteran suicide is of utmost importance to this Committee, and the Hannon Act sets a new landmark for veterans' mental health care.

What we want to do is help you cut through the bureaucracy.

The intent was to empower community organizations as quickly as possible to find veterans in the community.

Thank you, John, and I just want to say quickly how much I appreciate Chairwoman Stabenow having the hearing today.

There is too much at stake for the agriculture sector and rural America for climate policies to be advanced in this manner.

Well, thank you, Chairwoman Stabenow, for setting the stage for this morning's hearing.

Climate change policies impacting agriculture should be developed here at the Agriculture Committee on a bipartisan basis.

I have to express my disappointment in learning that leaders in the House are looking to utilize the budget reconciliation process again this year to advance climate change policies.

We need additional legislative relief in order to get there.

The current budget reconciliation package being considered in the House allocates $17 billion for VA to respond to the pandemic.

I want to thank you all for being here, and I want to give a big shout-out to the folks at the VA in Arkansas that are doing such a tremendous job.

We are still in good shape. We have obligated a little over $7.2 billion.

I think there are two ways to think of this.