Finally, I want to thank my colleagues, the cosponsors on this legislation, Representative Huizenga, who we have heard from; Representative Dingell; Representative Joyce; and Representative Stevens. This is, as Mr. Huizenga said, one of…

I rise also in support of S. 1342, the Great Lakes Environmental Sensitivity Index Act of 2020. I was proud to introduce this legislation here in the House with my Michigan colleagues and also with Senator Gary Peters, a Great Lakes…

Michigan, like many States, continues to see a skyrocketing number of COVID-19 cases. In my own family, we have cases, serious cases, of this terrible virus. This pandemic is far, far from over. It is actually getting worse, and Congress…

I very much appreciate you holding this hearing. It is a very interesting and, I think, obviously very important topic.

I live in the salad bowl of the world because of it.

I believe the federal government has a critical role to play in helping oversee and scale up these investments.

So that technology disruption obviously has had a pretty dramatic impact on my community.

I thank the chairman for arranging for this opportunity for the Ways and Means Committee to come together to honor our brother, John Lewis. Just listening to my colleagues gives me a greater sense of just how privileged we all have been. I…

I thank Chairman Takano for yielding and for his leadership, along with Representative Lee, on this issue. If only it were true that no servicemembers or no veterans were taken advantage of, were never put into a junk program by one of…

We could make the decision before these unemployment benefits lapse, and I hope we do.

In order to create public value, we have to have operational capacity.

Rodney Davis, a Republican, and myself have started the Ag Research Caucus to highlight the importance of federal investments in agriculture research.