Bobby Rush: “This has been a very, very important and powerful hearing that you are having.”

During the hearing, I asked what I thought was a straightforward question: what policies would our expert panel made up of commodity group witnesses recommend to rectify both the historic and current discrimination too often faced by…

I urge the members of this Select Committee to co-sponsor this important legislation and hope to see it passed before the end of the 117th Congress.

It's imperative we safeguard both these program titles for our national security and the economic viability of U.S. farmers and ranchers.

We on the Agriculture Committee have a special and unique mission to try to help solve the problem of Black farmers in our nation.