Sean Casten actually said...

"I just want to join my colleagues in underscoring the importance that the next farm bill preserves the nearly $20 billion provided in the Inflation Reduction Act for USDA conservation programs."

"Recently, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, an Illinois Democrat, and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, introduced the Conservation Opportunity and Voluntary Environment Resilience Program (COVER) Act."

"I am proud that it is both bipartisan and bicameral, co-led in this Congress by Congresswoman Slotkin of Michigan and my friend Mr. Bost of this Committee from Illinois and Senator Sherrod Brown of Oh..."

"This bipartisan bill would provide mandatory funding to purchase development rights via conservation easements from private and Tribal landowners."