I ask that the committee bear these priorities in mind when developing the Water Resources Development Act, and keep radical Green New Deal priorities out of the bill, especially as we face $5 per gallon gasoline.

I cannot embrace President Biden's radical Green New Deal agenda that forces American taxpayers to pay for electric vehicle infrastructure at a time when our farm families are struggling to heat their homes.

We have to hold China accountable, which is why I am introducing my bill today to ban Chinese purchases of our agricultural land.

I especially want to emphasize the need for continued work on lock and dam 25 in my district.

the number of excess deaths from how we handled COVID-19, with lockdowns, isolation, banning social gatherings, that that has led to excess deaths

So we are placing an undue burden on employers when, in fact, we are, as a former colleague said, we are socializing the responsibilities around COVID-19 to employers and taxpayers.

A 2016 report showed that AmeriCorps funds were used for abortion services which is illegal.

With all due respect sir you cannot make such a clam because without a proper audit and accountability we have no idea where all the funds are going.

that is not the answer.

Do you think it would be helpful for the Federal Government to halt Federal COVID vaccine mandates and mask mandates?

As long as there’s this culture of violence on the right wing in this country that’s encouraged by the leader of the Republican Party at times, that is ignored and sometimes cultivated for political purposes by members of Congress…

I want to applaud the FSA for announcing the reinstatement of its enforcement unit on October 8 to strengthen oversight of predatory institutions.