Rural communities cannot continue to be left behind. Their voices matter. Their stories are important.

Farmers don't just deserve to be at the table because these policies impact them, they deserve to be at the table because they have the valuable ideas and solutions that bureaucrats who have never set foot on a farm could ever imagine.

It is critical that this Committee hold the EPA accountable to maintain the integrity of the Renewable Fuel Standard to maximize the benefit of biofuels.

Congress has failed to follow regular order, that is passage of a budget resolution followed by 12 separate appropriation bills before the beginning of the fiscal year, every year since Fiscal Year 1995.

In closing, we are holding this hearing on the 100th day the Biden Presidency.

I look forward to his comments on President Biden's decision to withhold funding, since I would assume there would be a similar concern no matter who sits in the oval office.

There is a lot of room for flexibility for the executive to interpret things as they would see fit.

I think it is incredibly important that Congress does reassert its control over the power of the purse.

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