"I urge you to continue to support SNAP in the farm bill."
"Pricing has been difficult and has been one of the things that we have worked on through the Farm Bill for California specifically."
"You mentioned in that speech a point where the System could be left with too few banks."
"making sure that you put people on the ground that actually understand what agriculture is, is something that is amazingly helpful when you are trying to make decisions."
"Your budget was used as a political tool to convince people that Republicans were in the tank for Wall Street."
"Farmers in my district need to have reliable and efficient markets in order to compete in the global economy."
"The Food Safety Modernization Act, FSMA's purpose is to shift the focus of food safety towards prevention."
"However, it is important that implementation is done properly in order to avoid unintended consequences to a supply chain that do not improve food safety."
"Yes, it is a serious issue. And it is literally the definition on how the ownership or what the ownership of a facility is."
"In prior reports, USDA's Office of Inspector General has identified cases of fraud, waste, and abuse in Multifamily Housing Program."
"When the previous administration raised these thresholds, seems like they swept a lot of improper payments under the rug."
"the district that I represent in California's Central Valley has the most productive agricultural land in the entire world."