"The trades and skilled labor offer career assistance directly out of high school, as well as the opportunity to learn as you go through apprenticeship programs."
"I welcome a partnership with anyone on the other side to do just that, to make sure that these kids are safe."
"Producers in my district know how important it is to keep operations resilient. They are the leaders in climate resilience."
"This Congress we have an enormous responsibility of reauthorizing the farm bill, a farm bill that will support our farmers, and keep families fed."
"It is unfathomable that I even have to say this, but taking food from people does not help them find work."
"To open the farm bill for reckless partisan politics is offensive to the contemplative work that we conduct in this Committee."
"As we move into farm bill negotiations, it is vital that we remember how important trade is for our producers."
"I am thrilled to have heard for the first time in this Committee that we have a nutrition hearing planned."
"I think one of the things that I am particularly interested in looking at... is navigating these programs, modernizing the way people access these programs..."
"We should be revisiting our policies that push people out of their home countries when they want to stay at home."
"The embargo also comes at a cost for Americans, because before the embargo, Cuba was the ninth largest export market for U.S. farm products."
"At the end of the day, the Cuban economy...bears significant responsibility for what is happening there."