The headwinds for our producers are great.

I just do not think it holds water.

At the end of this farm bill process, I would like to go back to rural Arkansans and tell them that we have put policies and programs in place that will improve their quality of life and give their children and their neighbors' children…

My point is that when you are going to spend $300 billion, you come to Congress and you say, 'This is a problem. We need to address it. Let us work together to sort it out.'

I am certain that all my colleagues on this Committee are concerned about the hollowing-out of our States and our country and the impact that this will have on the future of America.

I certainly would agree with that, and those are areas that, again, I think we could really get some real bang for the buck.

The idea that an agency can spend $300 billion without congressional direction--the Inflation Reduction Act was only $750 billion. This was a massive amount of money, and it was not done right.

At the end of this farm bill process, I would like to go back to rural Arkansans and tell them that we have put policies and programs in place that will improve their quality of life and give their children and their neighbors' children…

My point is that when you are going to spend $300 billion, you come to Congress and you say, 'This is a problem. We need to address it. Let us work together to sort it out.'

Will the producers be made aware of how the data that is generated from projects they are involved in, how it may be used?

The President has been very insistent on returning to a number of harmful, overreading regulations.