Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, President Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE continue dismantling Federal agencies, shredding constitutional norms. Meanwhile, House Republicans refuse to lift a finger to rein in rogue actors or defend the rule of law. In the face of all of this, American farmers and rural America are paying the price for all of this chaos. Right now, the real threats to rural America and to water security and the livelihoods of America's farmers are trade wars that are hammering agricultural exports. It is not this endangered fish. They face a shrinking Federal workforce hollowed out. The very agencies responsible for permitting and delivering water to farmers and communities are being dismantled. Congressional Republicans are threatening to rescind critical Inflation Reduction Act investments in drought resilience and water delivery. We also are facing this administration's efforts to block and cancel key funding that Congress has already approved to support drought resilience and repair vital water infrastructure, support that rural America needs right now in the face of extreme heat and weather from the climate crisis and the burning of fossil fuels. These are the urgent challenges that farmers and communities are actually facing.…”