I believe that our bill, with Representative Mulvaney providing the leadership, will do just that.

These seven legislative proposals that we are considering today serve, in my opinion, as a positive step to help reduce many of the regulatory burdens.

I am particularly supportive of H.R. 2287, which would require the National Credit Union Administration Board to submit a detailed draft of their budget to the Federal Register for comment and hold public hearings.

This business about the best-interest contract is well-intended, but when you put the word 'contract' out there, that has legal sanctions and it will bring untold lawsuits.

To remove and to replace the compensation package for financial advisors from being commissioned to a fee for service will directly have a devastating impact on those folks at the low- and middle-income ends of our economic stream.

I see this rule as sort of like putting our financial system, our financial advisors in a straitjacket.

But, ma'am, you just agreed with me that the credit unions' fees provide your budget.

So it is safe to say the credit union members themselves bear the total cost of the agency's operations and expenses?

I think it would help you and help with the transparency if you did have hearings.

Do you think that is a very good way of holding yourself accountable to these stakeholders?

I want you to also tell him how much we appreciate him providing that leadership to help us with getting funds to be able to help these students to be able to go into careers in agribusiness.

I want to compliment you working with my alma mater, Florida A&M University for that tremendous land in Florida will be the largest acquirement of land to help beginning farmers for any of the colleges.

We hope we are able to do is be able to tweak language in the farm bill that will allow these 1890s to be able to add the area of student scholarships and loan forgiveness.

It is a very, very particular disgrace and shame of this nation that disabled veterans... are twice as likely to be a part of a food-insecure household.

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If we are not willing to do that for our soldiers, I mean, how does that speak of our nation?

Agriculture now is the single most important industry in the world.

And so I close with this reminder. I want everyone to know that there are hundreds of thousands of African-American successful contributors to this nation and the world who would not have achieved that success if they did not have that way…

Mr. President, I pledge to you that I will do everything I can through the strength of Christ who strengthens me to better the condition of our people.

What we can do to do, as I echo the words of George Washington Carver, what we can to better the condition of the American people.

We are here to carry on that mighty work that these extraordinary founders of the 1890s established to improve and better the condition of all of the American people.

to recruit, educate, and train more African-American students for careers in the very important, critical, and growing fields of agriculture, farming, and agribusiness.

This extraordinary, historic hearing today would not have happened if it were not for the hard work and the help, tremendous help, and the leadership of Mike Conaway.

With special recognition being given to Congressman David Scott for his commitment to 1890 land-grant institutions.

Oh, well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, again, thank you very much for your leadership in providing this hearing.