Thank you very much for this opportunity. I appreciate it. It is an honor to be here, as always.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my continued disappointment with President Trump's anti-immigrant stance, especially based on his joint session remarks last night. I admit I was very honored to attend my first joint session as a…

It is clear that when it comes to the United States and our affairs abroad, we have a responsibility to play.

I believe that to tie it to the farm bill though, because for too long we have been spoiled because of the labor force that we have had.

I too appreciate all of the witnesses who took the time to come here. I know it takes a lot of preparation, a lot of effort on your part, so thank you very much.

A two-pronged approach is needed. It is two efforts, you have to have two avenues going; one dealing with the visa issue, there is no doubt about that.

We should be the industry leader on figuring our solutions for ag. The USDA should be able to pioneer those types of relationships between these types of companies in the private- and public-sector.

I appreciate your time, your efforts. I know it takes a lot of preparation to come here, and so thank you very much.

elevating and strengthening diplomacy and development alongside defense are critical to keeping America safe.

If America does nothing, 50 percent of South Sudan's population could be gone.

Those are the same issues we have on the West Coast, so we're with you.