David Valadao

This is an important topic that we are having today.

The whole coronavirus situation has really brought to everyone's attention... the need in the rural areas for broadband.

I appreciate that. And the reason why I ask that question is to go through the process of having a listening session to bring in stakeholders for a program that was going to be eliminated almost immediately after listening session.

I appreciate that. And I appreciate you bringing up that you have worked with other agencies.

It is encouraging to hear the Biden administration is acknowledging this emergency in the West.

We shouldn't be deterring these young people from wanting to pursue having their own farms because of too much bureaucratic red tape and lack of access to resources.

I agree that consequences of extreme weather events, including severe droughts, are a major problem.

This action seems directly to contradict your testimony that highlights the need to address the Nation's nutrition insecurity.

American livestock producers are in the front end of both animal husbandry as well as innovation.

If there is something else that Members of Congress can do, obviously, we need to step in because this is a huge issue for people across the country.

Well, we want our neighbors and our fellow ag folks to do well. We just want to make sure we can survive to continue to be part of the community as well.

Elimination will create further unrest in these communities who have already been negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.

Agriculture production is a large part of our economy, but having a safe and reliable food supply is a serious national security issue for our country as well.

Though I thank you for this acknowledgment, more needs to be done to help our farmers and our water users in California.

Will you commit to work with interagency partners and the White House to ramp up engagement with Mexico to work out these differences so we can continue to trade our vital products?

a lot of my farmers, as commodities start to come out of the--are harvested, there is going to be a huge impact on our farmers.

We all need to work together to alleviate consequences of this disaster.

I think allows them the opportunity to maybe hide some things that we probably should know about their manufacturing process.

Making sure that we are actually getting American products to those who desperately need it is a priority.

I think that we need to invest in the expansion of E15.

It is no secret that the western United States is in the midst of a severe drought that does not appear to have an end in sight.

President Biden's initial skinny budget for fiscal year 2022 is silent on rural housing.

We are seeing the effects of the drought in my district and across the American West in real time.

While it is encouraging to hear the Biden administration is acknowledging the emergency in the West, it is not clear what the working group plans to do to combat this issue.

If we get African swine fever into the United States, it won't affect just our pork farmers; it will be everybody up and down the chain.