Mike Thompson

every American is going to wake up in the cold, dark, and hungry.

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

I introduced the SUSTAINS Act (H.R. 2606, Sponsoring USDA Sustainability Targets in Agriculture to Incentivize Natural Solutions Act of 2021), which would allow USDA to accept and match donated private funds to stretch the Federal dollar.

30 percent, that is huge.

I mean, this decision tipped the Nutrition Title over $1 trillion over 10 years.

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

For every bushel an American farmer can provide above and beyond what they normally do, that may be a life saved somewhere else in the world.

With the stroke of a pen, he could increase and open up more of our domestic American production today and do it in the name of an emergency because we are in a crisis.

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

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

I have always appreciated Secretary Vilsack's support for milk-fat and anything that we can do to move from 1 percent to 3½ percent milk-fat, which would be whole milk, would be best for our kids.

But this is about direct consultation. Did the House, I can tell you, the House Republicans were not consulted, and as Ranking Member, we were not consulted.

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

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

the solution to climate is not electric vehicles.

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

This is historic legislation, one of the most impactful investments in American workers, families, and communities during my time in Congress. This bill includes the most sweeping and ambitious climate policy ever passed by Congress--the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and his great leadership in regard to the issues that we are dealing with today. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation. Madam Speaker, our national debt rose $7.8 trillion under the last…

The Texas GOP should fall back. Thankful for the Texas Democrats who walked out. The Senate Democrats and the Senate Republicans need to get themselves together to stop this type of legislation that`s happening in the states and pass the…

Lyndon Baines Johnson, 56 years ago, was the President who had enough integrity about himself to give us a Federal answer to the struggles of voting.

I am hoping during my lifetime that I don't have to keep struggling with the past and I can move forward, and I can be able to protect the rights of my constituents to vote.

If you suppress the vote, and if you only want to do a holiday, and not bringing H.R.40, the reparations bill, to the floor, when it has almost 200 co-sponsors, the first time in history, if you vote for a holiday, and don`t stop…

Joe Biden must appoint the H.R.40 reparations commission by executive order. He can do that. And we can start the process.

If Manchin is a Democrat, if Sinema is a Democrat, they must defend everything that John Lewis fought for in his life, so that the Democrats can keep the House and the Senate.

We expect to see them before the end of the summer vote for H.R.40, or else the Democrats run the risk of actually making Biden half-term, because the same base that -- what did Joe Biden say? He said the black community`s has had my back…