I think your time would be better spent in dealing with the task force.

We need to put a stop right now on FASB's ruling in terms of CECL. This ruling is absolutely devastating to our smaller banks without question and our credit unions.

I hope, Chairwoman Waters, that if necessary we may need to pass legislation or something to put a stop to this.

Women represented just 5 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs in 2018.

The number of African-American CEOs running Fortune 500 companies last year; it was just three people.

African Americans and women and other minorities are drastically underrepresented in the top tiers of our companies and our corporate leadership.

But when things were then handed off to people at Office of Management and Budget, who consider the American farmer and the American farm family nothing but subsidy-sucking freeloaders, then there is a disconnect in what is actually coming…

Agriculture is the single-most important industry we have.

We are getting killed on trade because we are a so-called developed nation and our competition is called undeveloped.

We are treating our farmers like second-class citizens.

The state of our nation's farming and agricultural economy has to be and should be and must be the number one agenda that we in Congress get forward to and resolve.

It is absolutely shameful that we have not responded to our own farmers because of some disagreements or differences or disdain even for our Puerto Rican citizens.

This place has to get its act together or we are going to have problems with our entire economy.

I see the farm bill as an investment so that we can have a robust agricultural economy.

The suicide rate of farmers is second only to our veterans, which is both shameful.

God Bless our farmers for sticking in there.

Foremost is the fact that we have not treated our farmers right.

It is my hope that you will take your colleague's thoughts and concerns to heart and move forward in a constructive manner on this very important issue of diversity.

Diversity is our strength, and it has been our strength from the very first foundation of this country.

I urge you and the Members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to include investments and improvements in wastewater infrastructure.

It is important that we give them adequate funding.

I urge you to consider the impacts of climate change and building climate-resiliency into our infrastructure investments.

I respectfully request that you include the following in any infrastructure legislation: Robust investment in our nation's wastewater infrastructure to keep American families safe from environmental contamination and diseases.

We are dedicated to bringing God's light on each of these challenges.

We have not responded to the needs of our farmers.