Bobby Rush: “There are only four African-Americans who own television stations in the Nation, in this great Nation of ours.”

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

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

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.