Bobby Rush: “I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing today on the QER, and--as well as on a variety of…”

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 certainly want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for this outstanding hearing this morning.

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.

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