Bobby Rush: “I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and Secretary Hogan, it is certainly a pleasure to have you before the committee…”

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

I certainly want to thank you, Mr. Chairman. This has been a very, very informative hearing, and I thank you for it.

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?

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…