This is becoming a black mark on our nation. We need an answer as to why.

Why would the U.S. Treasury Department issue a special license exempting this oligarch and making it legal for his entities to continue doing business as usual with our American companies when Putin is murdering children, bombing…

There has to be a reason. We need to get answers to this. The international world is wondering why, and there has to be a reason, with the terrible deeds, the crimes that this Administration is taking.

I want to say again how important this hearing is and all of the ones that we have had as we review our present 2018 Farm Bill and as we prepare for the 2023 Farm Bill.

The Committee will come to order. Welcome, I want to thank everyone for joining us today at this important hearing entitled, A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Energy--Renewable Energy Opportunities in Rural America.

You are not going to come and regulate any of our financial institutions.

Home value in the United States is the cornerstone of generational wealth.

I want you to help shine a light on just who has generational wealth in America today.

We can solve these fires. They are burning up so much. Many of our livestock and animals are burned up in those fires.

It is very important to me that we look at all the ways that farmers are using our farm bill programs to mitigate climate change.

We have plenty of oil right here. We have plenty of resources here.

I want to sound the alarm here this morning, and I want you to listen to me, and I want the nation to, because I am the Chair of the House Agriculture Committee, and I am very worried about this turmoil over in Ukraine, and Russia's…

I am giving this as sort of a Paul Revere moment here. I am not saying the British are coming, but I am saying the Russians are already at the door, and they could cause worldwide hunger.

Cannabis has become our fastest-growing product, but there are some mixed problems here.

But we have seen the IMF work for political reasons on many occasions, including the disastrous 2018 loan to the Macri government in Argentina.

The IMF told the U.N. High Commission on Human Rights that, as a purely economic agency, it does not, 'directly engage in the promotion of human rights.'

It is reminiscent of the Prohibition, which gave birth to our friends in the Mafia.

We can no longer hide it.

Under Secretary Liang, there is a significant portion of our nation's population--Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and White people as well--who are lacking basic access to banking services, payment technologies, and financial literacy.

If Congress contemplates authorizing the use of a Fed-issued digital currency, it should not impede the development and utilization of stablecoins.

This new initiative will be the first farm bill program to be designed from the start to invest in secure, equitable access to land for farmers.

Dairy is an essential part of Arizona's economy, and among the top commodities in Arizona's First Congressional District.

I am also for allowing farming to remain a viable way of life.

The urgency of the climate crisis must be met with effective answers.

We must make sure that we are prioritizing the build-out of projects that will take us into the future.