Jim Baird

It is unfortunate that our often-unelected bureaucrats can have so much influence on rural America, on the places that they have never visited, and on the people that they will never meet.

I urge this Committee to help rein in the power of the EPA and Fish and Wildlife Service and give clarification on definitions such as habitat.

The Endangered Species Act is a well-intentioned law that should play an important role in protecting vulnerable and iconic species that define the American wilderness.

I have consistently fought to include funding in our congressional appropriations for this commission and am glad that the United Nations has also been very supportive.

When the Honduran people elected President Castro in 2022, they did so with the hope that her Administration would be a change from the status quo.

I just think that process really needs constant review.

I felt the process was somewhat disorganized as it was laid out and as--my constituents had extreme concerns.

Today, I rise in opposition to the Spartz amendment No. 76. This amendment states that none of the funds made available by this appropriations bill may be used to carry out commodity checkoff programs. Checkoff programs function as…

I'm not saying there's not climate change. I'm not saying there's not scientific things we can do to keep a clean environment.

The fact that a nuclear Iran is unacceptable.

the more that we could capture in the soil, the better off we would be.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member. And I always appreciate you witnesses taking the time to share your expertise with this Committee.

I introduced H.R. 4824, the Carbon Sequestration Calibration Act--there's a name for you--but anyway, a bill that authorizes the Department of Energy to carry out terrestrial carbon sequestration research and development.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall No. 357. Mrs. McBATH. Madam Chair, during rollcall Vote number 357 on H.R. 3935, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``no'' when I should have voted ``aye.'' Amendment No. 73 Offered…

And then most recently our Ambassador accused South Africa of loading arms onto the ship Lady R for use against Ukraine.

the Global Facility and Fragility Act sets a decade-long time horizon on the address of political and social drivers of conflict, a laudable goal but one insufficient to address the immediacy of the security threat posed by the JNIM and…

Connectivity is everything, whether it is healthcare, business, education.

Recognizing the role of other universities, the 2008 Farm Bill included provisions to identify non-land-grant colleges of agriculture (NLGCAs) and Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities (HSACUs).

When this Subcommittee met a few months ago to hear directly from USDA on research program efficacy, we discussed how agricultural research has yielded our economy $20 for every $1 spent.

Many of the programs that provide capacity and competitive funding for these institutions are authorized in the research title of the farm bill.

Today, the land-grant universities have a mission that is threefold: to provide instruction, conduct research, and disseminate the instruction and research throughout each state through the Cooperative Extension Service.

Good morning and welcome to today's hearing on agricultural research and extension activities across the nation's universities.

At that hearing, we also heard about the backlog of deferred maintenance on research facilities across the nation.

When USDA was created by President Lincoln in 1862, the primary objective of the Department was to 'acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture.'

Thank you for holding today's hearing titled: 'A Review of Title VII: University Perspectives on Research and Extension Programs.'