Bobby Rush: “I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman and it is a delight to me, once again, on this very key committee in Congress.”

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.

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 am absolutely committed to the idea, and the potential, of trying to create a unity of will, a unity of spirit, and a unity of understanding, in terms of the whole cooperative sector of our society.