Jim Costa

I am a big supporter of that.

food doesn't come from your restaurant, or your favorite store, but it comes from people and farm workers.

The time is now to make historic investments in families, workers, and communities across the country. Everyone, no matter who they are or where they live, deserves access to modern, dependable infrastructure to maintain the quality of…

As we talk about building back better, let me also note that we must pass a continuing resolution to ensure that government stays operating. Shutting down the government is not an option, and we should act upon this in the next 24 hours to…

I was saddened to learn of our colleague Congressman Sherry Boehlert's passing. I served with him during his last term, as he was chair of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee. Sherry was terrific. Sherry's focus on making sure…

We spend all the money that we set aside for forest management, and we end up in the billions of dollars spending money for fire suppression.

We need to address this issue. Would you not agree?

Would you agree that it is time that we really take the effort to update the forest management plans for all of these forests that are being impacted?

I think everyone is aware of, that we are in a crisis mode, as it relates to the conditions of American forests caused by not only climate change, but a multitude of factors.

Next week we can make bold investments in our Nation, helping families, workers, and communities across the country, by passing the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Everyone, no matter where you live, deserves access to modern, dependable…

We have to fallow, again, a lot of land in California.

Yes, I think it is the Wild West, and guess what, the Wild West was an opportunity for new development and new opportunities in America.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing on voluntary--I underline the word voluntary--carbon markets in agriculture, which I think is part of America's agriculture future.

That is the nature of markets, is it not?

thank my colleague, Congresswoman Spanberger, for your important legislation.

It has been very frustrating. There are about, you know, almost 200 individuals with their families that are kind of in just great frustration and fear of their lives, frankly.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Secretary, for staying the entire length of time so all of us could answer our questions.

How do you expect to create Democratic institutions where corruption in this part of the world is endemic?

America is not keeping up on research and development, our capacity for these investments that are absolutely necessary, and we are neglecting, as a result, our food security.

I think focusing on protecting America's domestic food supply chain, as you and I discussed before, is a national security issue.

The time is now to make bolder investments in our families, workers, and communities across the country. For years, I have said that America is living off the investments our parents and grandparents made a generation or two ago. Bringing…

To the extent that this Committee can remain focused on reducing those barriers to entry, so many regulatory hurdles, so many capital hurdles, so many workforce hurdles, to the extent that we can stay focused on reducing those barriers to…

President Biden and his Administration deserve great credit for their hard work over the past 6 months to help Americans get back on their feet.

I want to say that, frankly, the beef supply chain is heavily dependent upon having an important processing capacity to operate efficiently.

As you know, food security is national security.