Bobby Rush: “The administrator plays an important role regarding environmental justice.”

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.

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

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…