Bennie Thompson: “I would like to enter into a colloquy with the agriculture chair, Mr. Bishop of Georgia. Mr. Bishop, I have a concern…”

“I would like to enter into a colloquy with the agriculture chair, Mr. Bishop of Georgia. Mr. Bishop, I have a concern about the eligibility of Piney Woods School and Farm in Piney Woods, Mississippi, which is the only African- American boarding school left in America to receive Community Facilities Grant funding. Currently, Piney Woods is ineligible to receive Community Facilities Grant funding because its geographic location is considered to be in a suburban area in Mississippi, when, in fact, the school's location should be designated as rural. The current designation is limiting Piney Woods from receiving much-needed funding. Can we work together to try and find a solution? I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), the subcommittee chair, for an answer.”