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Tina Smith

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Tina Elizabeth Smith is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Minnesota since January 3, 2018. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic equity during her time in office. Smith previously served as the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from 2015 to 2018, where she worked on initiatives to improve access to healthcare and support for families and children.

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May 2, 2023

The biggest challenge young people have getting into agriculture is availability of land and availability of credit.

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May 2, 2023

Hearing from you is extremely important. As the people closest to the work, you know best what is working and what can be improved.

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May 2, 2023

We need to make sure that we are developing markets and that we are developing a marketplace that creates that future for beginning farmers.

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May 2, 2023

The Title I reference prices do not match up with the cost of that production. It is really not a true safety net.

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May 2, 2023

I know that all members of this Committee share the goal of passing a bipartisan farm bill reauthorization.

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May 2, 2023

We held two hearings together in this Subcommittee, and then we also sought comments from the public.

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May 2, 2023

It assures our American people that they are going to have their pantries available, food to fill their pantries, at a reasonable cost.

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May 2, 2023

We have got to make sure that crop insurance stays intact, and we need to broaden it for those specialty crops.

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May 2, 2023

Our working lands programs are oversubscribed.

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May 2, 2023

Thank you so much to you and your staff for working together with us on today's hearing.

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May 2, 2023

It assures our American people that they are going to have their pantries available, food to fill their pantries, at a reasonable cost.

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May 2, 2023

We need to make sure that we are developing markets and that we are developing a marketplace that creates that future for beginning farmers.

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