Sanford Bishop

Housing instability, of course, can lead to adverse health effects, and it can compromise the development of children.

What are the barriers to participation by smaller grocery stores? And what can we do to incentivize that involvement?

I have been very pleased to see the growth of the USDA online purchasing program.

I just hope that you will continue to consider the impact that it will have on family farms, as well as other small businesses.

Secretary Vilsack has cast the efforts to improve America's access to nutritious food as a part of the racial justice effort.

This is an issue of very intense interest, particularly the American Farm Bureau has it at the top of their priority list.

Secretary Vilsack, that agency needs reform.

It is time we rethink current policies that have allowed monopolies to flourish at the expense of farmers and consumers.

I appreciate the commitment to this issue of systemic discrimination.

We need to dig deeper to determine other important yields from these investments as they lend themselves to what I call creating an ecosystem of liveability.

If we are going to do it overseas, determine how that is going to be implemented.

The American Rescue Plan departed from previous emergency response legislation in one major way; the spending was mandatory.

The complaints that I got were the programs that were administered directly by SBA and the relief that came directly from SBA was very, very, very slow in getting out

A lack of access to these governmental programs has long been an issue across my district in southwest and middle Georgia.

We need significant investment in broadband infrastructure so that we can connect every household to the internet.

If Congress were to extend the tax credit, does the IRS have the resources needed to implement the credit beyond 2021?

Let me shift quickly to the Child Tax Credit.

Thank you for that question, Representative Bishop.

Thank you, Madam Yellen, for coming and appearing before us and for all of your work over the years.

As a long time member of the committee, I take pride in being a responsible steward of Federal spending.

I want to talk about two topics, diversity fellowships and fellow employee issues, because even after taking into account recent improvements, the legal profession, on the other hand, is one of the least diverse of all of the professions…

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program that is managed by IRS has been a tremendous success over the years, and this program helps Americans who make $57,000 or less, are disabled, or limited English speakers to file a tax return for…

As dean of the Georgia delegation, it is my pleasure to present and to welcome to this House and to yield to the gentleman from Georgia's Fifth Congressional District, the Honorable Kwanza Hall.

I thank Ranking Member Granger for her hard work and her commitment and her public service. Finally, I want to say a special thank you to Chairwoman Lowey. This is likely to be her last Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug…

It has been said that service is the rent we pay for the space we occupy on this Earth. John Lewis paid his rent, and he paid it well. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hurd).