Austin Scott

I have mixed feelings about what the right thing to do here is, candidly. Crypto to me is clearly not a security.

It is closer to a currency, and should be regulated by the CFTC, not the SEC.

The Biden Administration... has referred to FTAs, or free trade agreements, as 20th century tools. I don't agree with his assessment.

The Biden Administration, President Biden, has referred to FTAs, or free trade agreements, as 20th century tools. I don't agree with his assessment of that.

If African Swine Fever made its way to the shores of this country, it wouldn't just impact the pork producers. It would have a devastating impact on commodity prices of corn...

Not doing anything in the last 24 months I think is going to have long-term lasting impacts on our ag exports.

Farmers need assurance that over the next 5 years, a safety net will be in place that can stand the test of changing markets and extreme weather events.

There is no question that food security is national security, and that 12 percent does considerable work in making sure that we have the abundant, affordable food supply that we depend on.

It bothers me to see our forest lands being cut down and solar panels put up on it.

I have used Roundup multiple times. If it caused cancer, I feel sure that I would have cancer, and I don't.

I'm concerned that under Section 22006 of the Inflation Reduction Act, borrowers who were more than 60 days late on their loan payments had their loans paid off, while others who made sacrifices to stay current on their payments got…

Get that Farm Workforce Modernization Act passed.

Even if you doubled their food stamps, if the price of eggs goes up threefold, then they can buy fewer eggs with the same number of dollars.

I absolutely support research and extension. I think the majority of that that is done right is actually done at the state level through the land-grant institutions.

Ninety percent of the food supply in this country, 90 percent of the food supply in this country comes from 12 percent of the farms.

Because it would protect customer funds, and that should be one of our goals as a Committee.

Mr. Gelchie, we talked in New York about Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the disruption.

The promises of the Green New Deal energy policies are just empty, and they are having a negative impact on folks here.

I would be very concerned about the average American citizen having more than five percent of their investments in the crypto markets.

I do fear that if we all of a sudden are regulating it, then the average investor feels like there is more security and stability in the value of it, and I think that is a dangerous thing for the investors.

My point is, it is not possible to regulate all of these currencies.

The American people have sacrificed an awful lot to lead the world in carbon reduction, okay?

The actions from this Administration's EPA, ranging from what they have done on crop protection tools and the politicization there, attempting, again, Waters of the United States.

I do think that we can and should do a better job of taking care of the environment.

I agree with that statement.