Bobby Rush: “I just want to thank you so much, you and your Agency, for all of the great work that you do in protecting the air, and…”

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.

I am extremely interested in member cooperatives, and I am looking forward to ways to expand ag co-ops to urban areas.

I am continually concerned about the impact of any new costs on our nation's farmers and, specifically, the energy costs as it relates to minority farmers and consumers.

As such coins melted down so horrifically to cause concern for the rest of the industry.