the cuts that the President has proposed are very drastic.

It is crucial that this Committee, indeed, all the Members of the House evaluate how we structure our nation's foreign aid.

It is very important that we have that crop insurance, and the ability to fall back on what we are doing there.

I get the distinct honor and privilege of introducing a Florida native, Mr. Larry Black, of Peace River Packing Company.

We are first or second in the country on watermelons.

The science is on our side. We need your help getting the information of what a GMO is or isn't.

Without that capacity that establishes a baseline of, again, people who do the work, we can't go after competitive funds.

We have to pick those governments that are willing to be adaptable.

We must focus on efficiently transitioning aid recipient countries to trading partners.

The current unfair trade environment with Mexico has drastically harmed many specialty crop producers, including the potato industry.

When we don't have the workers we need to produce and harvest our crops, it hurts our competitiveness, our local economies, and jobs.