Rick Allen

Do you really want the next crop to be a foundation slab, because it won't be production agriculture?

Yes, I absolutely agree with locally-led programs. I served as a director on a soil and water conservation district myself in California for many years, and it is that locally-led program that lets us make sure that practices are specific…

And yet, what is shocking to me is never once have we heard from the Administration, and this is so concerning right now when we are at such a precipice with our country that we are desperately trying to find energy and fuel.

I cannot believe that we are picking and choosing the issues that are a national security concern for every American...

I feel extraordinarily frustrated for our producers because this Committee has had opportunity after opportunity to talk about these issues...

What are our producers supposed to do in the face of input costs that make doing business unreasonable?

Again, the cost of fuel. Has that been addressed? No. There is no feasible plan from this Administration or this Committee to address that.

The fact that this hearing isn't even a review of the farm bill program, as the Majority would have us believe, it is instead a wish list of climate change priorities.

Programs under Title IX of the 2018 Farm Bill have bolstered renewable energy production in the United States.

Iowa's 4th District leads the nation in ethanol and biofuels production.

For years, the agriculture industry has implemented practices that reduce emissions, enrich the soil, and protect our natural resources.

I am proud of our farmers and producers in my district who are leading the way in farming practices that result in productive harvests and clean environment.

I represent an area that is home to producers, and as the lone Republican for the State of Florida on the House Agriculture Committee, this issue is incredibly vital to my state.

And yet, the Biden Administration refuses to uphold the Renewable Fuel Standard, an immediate solution to lower emissions and reduce costs at the pump.

Farmers need a better shake, and we are doing this right now to try and give them that.

The ag economy is hurting across the board. They are concerned about whether or not they are going to be able to afford to plant a crop this year.

America must once again be energy independent so the world less reliant on malign actors.

All I want is the best broadband possible for all these districts, and I sometimes think that we are down this path of one size fits all, and I am here to say, can we work together on this?

But no, I don't believe--to answer your question, I don't believe so.

Do Federal regulators, USDA, are they taking into account the impact globally of this regulatory situation?

Folks, it is out of control and we have let this happen because we got our eye on the wrong ball.

Right now--well, I had asked the President--40 Members signed on to a letter to ask the President to restore the previous fossil fuel regulatory environment and production incentives that we had in this country that made this country…

I have tried to be patient with the Administration. I recognize that they have their priorities, but folks, this body and this Congress and this Administration better get our priorities in order.

We are financing the dadgum war. I mean, folks, you can't make this stuff up.

It is time for this Administration to engage and this Committee to engage.