The 2018 Farm Bill offered important environmental and resource benefits through USDA's suite of voluntary incentive-based conservation programs.

Yes, great point on that at the end there with people around here don't understand why we have the funds like Secure Rural Schools that make up for the forestry that used to cause timber receipts to help keep local schools and local county…

Through these voluntary programs, producers can improve soil health and water quality, better manage their lands, and incorporate innovations like increased energy-efficient farming practices.

I think it is very important to recognize the great conservation work farmers, ranchers, and foresters are already doing each and every day, and they don't always get credit for what has been done in the past before this became such a hot…

I want to be sure that we all have flexibility in ongoing programs.

They still don't have the property, and this is 12 years after it passed, and they are way behind on all their deadlines.

What can we do better to allay some of the concerns of the Tribes that are on the route there?

stop spending until you have a plan, because they didn't have a plan for the route, how they were going to line up the property.

I am not against the concept, and I think the Northeast Corridor is our best chance for success on that and other areas.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority knows nothing about honesty, reliability, integrity, or keeping commitments.

If we want to have a state of readiness, there is so much private equipment--I drove past some in Siskiyou County today.

It's time for Congress to weigh in here in favor of actively managing unreserved lands.