Al Lawson: “Unfortunately, minority-owned firms, including women, are more likely than other businesses to be denied traditional…”

Climate change is threatening our industry for farmers and ranchers.

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?

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.