Alma Adams

As this Congress continues to make critical investments to mitigate climate change, I am hoping that our witnesses can provide testimony that gives us solutions to help farms of all sizes.

Unlike organic agriculture, which must meet Federal standards and are subject to inspections, regenerative agriculture lacks a clear scientific definition.

I am delighted to have an HBCU at the helm of FHFA, and I can't wait to see the great work that I know you will do.

Our bill would allow cities and States to use their already-appropriated Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) dollars to serve as gap financing for housing that utilizes LIHTC.

And I'd like each of you to follow up in writing specifically what collaboration you have with non-HBCU Universities.

However, if Cargill were a publicly traded company, it would rank at near the top of Fortune 500 corporations.

My question, Mr. Chairman, has to do with our HBCUs and specifically our 1890 Land-Grant Universities who specialize in agriculture and farming.

I think there is some kind of problem, Madam Chairwoman, with the--

I want to take a moment to note the diverse and specialized expertise you have to offer the 1890 Institutions.

This is one thing, one issue that has bipartisan support, feeding our nation.

We are going to get you and this nation that $450 million that is needed in this farm bill.

In my whole career people say I have done great work, but I have done great bipartisan work.

We have to increase. We have been hit with COVID-19. We have been hit with challenges all the way through.

This is a multi-billion-dollar problem. Each year, dishonest employers steal at least $15 billion from workers' paychecks in minimum wage violations alone.

Raising the Federal minimum wage is an issue of great importance to me and many of the Members of this Subcommittee.

Therefore, I'm committed to working with my colleagues to pass the Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act of 2022 to ensure workers receive the wages that they earn.

If we want to raise people out of poverty, if we want to ensure that Americans have the opportunity to enter the middle class, and if we believe that workers deserve a decent wage for an honest day's work, then we must enact a meaningful…

Therefore, it certainly looks like it is cheaper to willingly violate the F-L-S-A than it is to pay employees what they are entitled to receive.

Too often, dishonest employers cheat their employees out of the wages that they are legally entitled to receive.

Ultimately, wage theft prevents workers from taking meaningful steps to enter the middle class.

Thank you for your question regarding our collaboration and interaction with HBCUs.

The food supply of this country would not have survived if it weren't for the workers in our plants throughout the country.

I believe that service is the rent we pay for our time on Earth.

But these farmers also have lost their farms due to decades of discrimination by banks and actions by our very own USDA.

I do want to ask the witnesses about your workforce, the people who work in your plants to provide food for America and the world.