"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."
"Many of the programs that provide capacity and competitive funding for these institutions are authorized in the research title of the farm bill."
"Good morning and welcome to today's hearing on agricultural research and extension activities across the nation's universities."
"opening statement"
"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 connecte..."
"At that hearing, we also heard about the backlog of deferred maintenance on research facilities across the nation."
"actions by Iran suggest that this accord has not led to a stabilization of the region."
"They are diverting and weaponizing this international aid."
"I think we could do things in production agriculture that really would contribute to human health."
"Any cuts to these lifesaving benefits would disproportionately affect the folks who make up the majority of my district, which is Black and Latino Americans."
"I don't use the word work requirements. I use the word job opportunities."