Jim Baird: “I want to thank you, Chair Plaskett, for holding this session and this hearing.”

When we talk about land for farmers and ranchers, we are really talking about that top eight inches of soil, which for some of you that may not recognize, that we consider that a living, breathing organism because of the organisms there…

I rise today to honor Chuck Conner who officially retired on Monday, July 14, after serving as a national agriculture leader since 1997. A Benton County native and graduate of Purdue University, Chuck Conner served as the president and CEO…

I rise today to honor Gary Steinhardt from Lafayette, Indiana. Gary Steinhardt served in the U.S. Army for 30 years and is a veteran of the Vietnam and Iraq wars. Gary has also served as a professor of agronomy at Purdue University…

Mr. Speaker, on July Fourth, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law. This historic legislation delivered the largest tax cuts to working-and middle-class Americans in U.S. history and will revitalize rural America…