I also want to thank Ranking Member G.T. Thompson, who, as a fellow farmer not only knows the challenges that farmers face personally, but also as someone who is in a critical leadership position.

What steps is your Agency taking to ensure that first-time homebuyers and first-generation homebuyers... can realize their goal of homeownership?

Congratulations. You have made history, and you are now the first woman ever to lead this most important Agency at the right time with the right person.

the Black homeownership rate has remained virtually the same as it was in 1968.

So, you are telling us that this will be adequate funding for you to continue?

This whistleblower program has been very, very effective, and I want to commend Chair Gensler and our SEC for the excellent job they are doing.

Can you guarantee that the whistleblower program is now properly equipped, and properly funded to process the current number of complaints with the money that you have, and hold these fraudsters accountable?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate that, and welcome, Director Grewal. But first, I want to set the record straight.

All men are created equal, endowed with certain unalienable rights, among those are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

And to your point, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, our home newspaper, reported that this large investor buying activity was linked to a drastic decline in homeownership rates.

Is it fair to say that these private equity firms would then target single-family homes in majority African-American neighborhoods more than in majority White neighborhoods?

A recent study pointed out that 33 percent of home sales in my area were made by private investment groups.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Ms. Pope, let me direct this question to you.

The Dairy Margin Coverage is extraordinarily important to our dairy farmers.

A significant portion of today's hearing will cover the dairy safety net for family farmers.

Today's hearing continues our review of the 2018 Farm Bill as we analyze the dairy provisions.

Research, education, and extension all play a key role in supporting both adaptation and mitigation efforts.

And when you have one agency saying or courts saying we are going to take Roundup and Dicamba off of the market, that impacts the ability to use no-till production practices.

Climate change poses a threat to our rural and urban communities; our farmers, ranchers, and foresters; and the production of our food, fuel, and fiber.

This is so important because a recent EPA analysis found that harms from climate change disproportionally impact underserved and under-resourced communities.

As farmers are on the front-lines of the climate crisis, climate research is a critical tool for farmers to discover and test best practices and build on-farm resiliency.

Sound research is critical for assisting farmers in the fight against climate change.

climate change poses a threat to our ranchers, our foresters, and the production of our food, of our fuel, of our fiber.

We believe, and hope, that you will support any effort to require USDA/FCIC/RMA to include 'lack of agronomics inputs' as a covered peril in the 2022 MPCI policy.

We have to bring everybody along with us, including the unbanked and underbanked. And until we have that done, we cannot move ahead and be functionable for all Americans.