Florida has taken the troubling step of creating a new Office of Election Crimes and Security.

Despite no evidence whatsoever supporting the need for new election restrictions, in 2021 Florida enacted a sweeping piece of elections legislation that erects many, many new and unnecessary barriers to the ballot.

I reintroduced the Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act, which protects small businesses from harassment from third-party debt collecting.

Do you believe it would be feasible to distribute benefits in a different way--throughout the month, or on a rolling basis in some other sense?

What policies or incentives can best encourage participation in carbon markets by limited resource landowners, such as small, historically disadvantaged farmers?

I think the ideal carbon market, the carbon sequestration takes place at the farm, and I think these programs have to be designed that the majority of that money comes back to the farmer.

climate change is threatening our industry for farmers and ranchers.

One of the most important ways to tackle hunger in this country is by focusing on how it impacts various subpopulations of our communities.

Sadly, in every corner, in almost every community around the nation, families are impacted by food insecurity.

I urge the Committee to take up this bill because it would do a great deal in helping a lot of low-income students and nontraditional students that we have on campus today.

30 percent of students face food insecurity.

A recent Government Accountability Office report revealed that more than 30 percent of college students might face food insecurity.

Sadly every comer and almost every community in our nation is, one way or another, impacted by food insecurity.

We need ongoing investment in TEFAP, in the Food Box Program, so that we continue to have the inventory we need to respond.

This is unacceptable. What incentives could we really provide for them to conduct more outreach and provide a more permanent housing solution to our nation's veterans?

Without these programs, relevant producers lay vulnerable and unprotected.

Federal farm policy should serve as a foundation for proactive strategies to address the myriad challenges that Florida producers face.

A perception of people who are receiving SNAP benefits that extend across America... was that people were lazy, they did not want to work, they just wanted government assistance.

I don't think the Federal Government should be, in my opinion, making a profit off of the back of students.

There are corporate vampires that are sucking the blood out of this situation.

I want to begin by expressing my continued concern over the threat that Florida's tomato industry faces due to Mexican dumping practices.

It is a priority of mine this Congress to address food insecurity within college student populations and to make sure that no student goes hungry.

I want to let you all know that I am from the government, and I am here to help you.

Our nation's economy is growing largely due to women- and minority-owned businesses.