Jim McGovern

Having all viewpoints from across the Republican Conference represented in this legislative process provides greater input and diversity as we move forward for our respective districts.

I want to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the following statements from Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz writing in support of remote voting for new parents.

I certainly understand the importance of ensuring Congress has the capacity to analyze this information.

I appreciate all your recommendations.

What we on the Agriculture Committee know to be a vital support to ensure our farmers and ranchers don't lose their land because of the cyclical nature of production of agriculture, Trump's advisors view as, and I quote, 'especially…

Frankly, if you want to put more farm in the farm bill, we need to get a farm bill reauthorized and out the gate before these anti-farmer advisors have a chance to be in the White House depending on how the November election goes.

I have often said that my top priority in this farm bill is to protect and strengthen crop insurance.

We need a farm bill that gives them certainty as they work day in and day out to feed, fuel, and clothe us all.

The two words I would use to describe the financial condition of the farm economy is concerning and worsening.

I am more than a little puzzled as to how a 20 percent cut to their funding would allow for that.

I do feel that it is unfortunate that we did not hear from any members of communities, often low-income communities of color, who endure the cumulative impacts of the products and the practices under scrutiny today.

I have grave concerns about what it would mean for the farm bill to undo state and local level pesticide regulations.

I find it a bit funny that we always hear about crop protection so much in our ag meetings, when we ought to be talking about protecting human health.

Food is medicine, and we can do all of these things by better incorporating nutrition in our healthcare.

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I have committed to finding effects and benefits for American producers and no one else, and I tend to find one.

Food security is national security, and food production acreage and food processing that is influenced through the purchase or theft of intellectual property, influenced by the Chinese Communist Government, is a significant risk.

The big bad wolf is at the door, and we better make sure that our house is made of brick and not straw

I think it is kind of hypocritical to talk tough about when it comes to the influence of the Chinese Government and our food system while actively helping some of the entities that they are supposedly concerned about.

I am a strong supporter of states' rights, and I acknowledge that sometimes state laws can have limited extraterritorial effects, but any state or local laws that control production outside of their jurisdictions are inherently harmful to…

I think it is always important to talk about how important food security is to national security.

We know our government conducts wargames to understand what happens when China inevitably takes back Taiwan.

Thank you Representative Budzinski for this important question.

I continue to be concerned about Buy American requirements in school meals. American dollars should support American-produced food products.

Raiding programs that invest in high-demand conservation and nutrition initiatives like SNAP do not achieve a bipartisan farm bill, but instead they hurt the people who are struggling today.