Mike Thompson

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I have an amendment at the desk, No. 23. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 3, insert ``and Conservation'' before ``Response Act''. Page 2, line 4, insert ``and…

I thank Mr. Huffman for doing this amendment and for yielding me time. Mr. Chair, the northern California coastline includes some of the most scenic and biodiverse waters in the world. As one of the five most significant upwellings in the…

The Congresswoman from Michigan, Debbie Dingell, is correct. It is the intent that the Department of Justice promulgate regulations to govern the application of Section 12005, including defining the terms `serious,' `continuing,' `recent,'…

I would encourage you in the makeup of that Apprenticeship Advisory Committee, take a page out of the WIOA legislation.

I think rather than sitting saying this is a tragedy what is going on in America, this is an opportunity that we have.

This country needs to change otherwise, we not only do we no longer have a democracy. We have was really a gunacracy.

You can’t be against Roe and say you value -- pretend to value babies in the womb and then not have value for babies who was sitting in middle school getting shot and getting killed.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, the COVID-19 pandemic has hammered every section of our economy. Small businesses have been hit the hardest; and among small businesses, restaurants have been crushed. An estimated 90,000…

How can you tell 2.4 million Americans our country would be better off if they were not born, or allowed to live their lives?

The Hyde Amendment has saved an estimated 2.4 million lives since 1976.

I am really deeply disappointed that the administration's budget once again did not include the Hyde Amendment which prohibits the use of Federal funds to pay for abortions.

We are always concerned about not just health or the environment but the healthy economy as well.

30 percent, that is huge.

The community is not going to be healthy if they don't have access to a healthcare provider, and forests are not going to be healthy unless you have that expertise.

I am, again, very thankful that we based our safety net for dairy on margin.

Government policy is incentivizing placement of solar farms on fertile farm, not marginal, but fertile farm land

Thank you for your leadership and the Ranking Member's leadership on this incredibly important work.

We are really grateful to you for your time.

Farming, as I said before, agriculture is a business. And at the end of the day, it is a margin.

Commodity prices can drop overnight, but input costs, once they are up there, it is difficult to see them lower.

I think it is mostly by folks who really don't understand that farming is a business.

At the end of the day, it is not what you bring in, it is the margin you are left with.

It is incumbent upon us to make sure that they know that we are right there with them.

I would think that would warrant being elevated to consulting with the Office of Chief Economist for USDA.