"I think we all know what success looks like for the CHIPS Act 20 years from now."
"My sense is that the CHIPS Act should best be understood as an industry subsidy but as an industry catalyst."
"So we have to light a very expensive spark, and that spark has to catch fire."
"The AGOA--African Growth Opportunity Act--is up for renewal in 2025. Please share with us your insights on what that bill should look like."
"I find it remarkable that we have had a 200-plus-year relationship with Africa and we did not have an African trading policy officially until 2000--it's rather reprehensible."
"As it relates to the African American farmers, they have been excluded, denied, locked out, left behind."
"These communities have been under-invested in for centuries."
"Our nation is only as strong as its weakest citizens, and really making sure that we make the kind of investments in every part of our country."
"What can we do, as Members of Congress, to help ameliorate this bridge, make things better going forward?"
"Ensuring no American goes hungry should not be controversial. That is why I will not support any bill that further tries to reduce food assistance and benefits to low-income households."
"I am deeply concerned that, instead of addressing our nation's persistent food insecurity, some people would like to suggest we should police the purchase of SNAP recipients."
"When we start policing these food programs unnecessarily, it will run up the administrative costs."