"Thank you for having this hearing today and focusing on the rural--needs of rural America."
"Family farms are really the cornerstone of the rural communities in my district and really across the country."
"these kind of Federal Government requirements are making Michigan the fourth-highest wage state for agriculture"
"these increasing costs are really hurting rural America because it is based on a formula that may have nothing to do with the cost of living"
"one of the things I hear in my district is the need to adapt to some of the workforce development needs."
"But would you agree, if money is in Federal budgets or agencies that has not been obligated or allocated and it was given under the auspices of a COVID emergency, would you agree that those dollars sh..."
"But once the emergency is over, would you agree we shouldn't be spending those dollars for a different purpose than an emergency?"
"the idea that scientists may be benefiting financially from work that they have done at NIH, that creates to me the appearance of a conflict of interest."
"Last year, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law without a single Republican vote."
"I firmly believe that the law has been a direct cause of the 40-year high inflation we are currently experiencing."
"History has taught us we cannot spend our way out of inflation, yet this year's budget seems to think we can do just that."
"To enact such an increase in this environment would irresponsibly add to the national debt and further push our economy into possible recession."