Jim Baird actually said...

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member, for holding this hearing."

"We must adjust to meet the challenges of global food insecurity caused by geopolitical tensions, now and in the future."

"I strongly encourage the committee to direct the Department of Agriculture to advance their rulemaking for establishing regulations governing agricultural applications of these technologies."

"A continuation of this costly, protracted regulatory system will only serve to further stifle important new agricultural innovations."