On the recordJune 19, 2019
The bill funds the Commodity Futures Trading Commission at $315 million, a historic, necessary, and long overdue increase. I am pleased that this bill provides funding for several new programs that were authorized in the 2018 farm bill, such as the 1890s scholarship program, the Local Agriculture Market Program, and the Farming Opportunities Training and Outreach Program, to name a few. I am pleased to say the bill makes significant investments in both Tribal communities and the U.S. territories. In developing the bill, we tried to be responsive to as many Member requests as possible, and I am proud of the bipartisan bill we have produced. Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues in this House to support it. It is a good bill.
