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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 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.'

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