David Scott: “This hearing was inspired by what has been happening to those family farms and the purpose of the hearing is so that we…”

There is no profession that is more relied on and dependent on the environment than farming.

Agriculture is extremely important to our rural communities, but it is important to urban communities as well.

The regulatory impact on those hardworking families who provide us food and fiber, building materials, energy resources, I mean, it is a tax.

It is clear that we need to come together, Republicans and Democrats, on a farm bill that strengthens the farm safety net, and we are going to do it together.