Bobby Rush: “COVID-19 has revealed for all Americans to see the deep fault lines that exist in 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.

What specific policies would you recommend to combat the historic and current discrimination too often faced by Black and Brown farmers in your respective industries?

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.

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…