Austin Scott

I do think that the Federal Government has made some of these issues worse with some of the enhanced unemployment benefits.

That is what scares me about the application of this to agriculture is that the people who are ultimately responsible for America's food supply may be signing up for something that in some cases has a 100 year requirement on it.

I think that we need to talk about it as a whole, not as individual segments like carbon, for example.

Where in the rules do you have the authority to tell a Member what they can and cannot ask?

Mr. Chairman, I have a simple question.

That is not true, Mr. Chairman.

People understand these are people that fought with the United States on our side of a two decade war. And I'd like to see them allowed to come to the United States, fully vetted, come to the United States with people who fought with our…

I am concerned about the U.S. producers, and what they have to compete with coming from foreign countries.

We have a crop that is growing, and we can't get the boxes to harvest it and put it in to transport it.

The American farmer gets a little less than 10 of every dollar that you are spending at the grocery store.

I appreciate your comments.

China's malign activities throughout the world have implications for NATO, our member nations, our allies, and those who share our values and our interest.

Russia's multi-domain military buildup, more assertive posture, and provocative activities near NATO borders are just a few of Russia's aggressive actions making it the top threat to Euro-Atlantic security.

America is stronger than ever, our military is stronger than ever, and our NATO alliance is stronger than ever.

It is important to me that any additional things that are done with regard to the environment currently being discussed not come out of the current safety net for our ag producers.

The other issue, Communist China. In the last decade alone, the Chinese Government has wreaked havoc on markets for cotton, sorghum, rice, wheat, corn, and, of course, soybeans.

Maintaining a stable and reliable safety net for these farmers in the event of natural disasters, or in the event of a crippled economy, or collapse in economy prices, need to be addressed in the farm bill.

Certainly in my state, the State of Georgia, after Hurricane Michael we saw the shortcomings of the crop insurance program.

This is an extremely important hearing to evaluate the importance of the farm safety net programs.

The key aspect of this that I want to make sure people understand is that farmers have to pay off their notes

Only to be disappointed in its administration.

I know that Chairman David Scott has expressed his concern with aspects of the WHIP+ program

I worry about our dependence on not just chips but other things similar to what we would consider to be semiconductor or an optical chip.

My concern is if you change the definition from 25 to 100, then all of a sudden a lot of people who are already served at that 25 megabits will take precedence over people who currently have little to no service at all.

I tried to go back to work, but if I work more than X number of hours, I lose my Social Security benefits.