Bobby Rush: “I am for jobs. I am for the environment. But I am also for jobs for minority- and women-owned businesses.”

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

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…

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.