Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I want to thank my good colleague and friend, Austin Scott, for his leadership on this, as well as, certainly, the chairman, Chairman Bishop from Georgia, whom, by the way, I have heard lots about for many, many years from many mutual friends that he and I both have. I look forward to working with him not only on this, but on many other matters as they come before us. There is absolutely no question: agriculture all across the Southeast has been significantly damaged, devastated in many, many parts. In North Carolina, we are still reeling from the hurricane in 2016, Hurricane Matthew. And then, of course, Hurricane Florence came and hit not only the same areas that Hurricane Matthew hit, but hit a much broader area of North Carolina. In fact, why don't we just say it really devastated and inflicted a lot of harm all across eastern North Carolina, this on top of a 5-year decline in farm income not only in North Carolina, but across the country. So you have had a significant shortfall in income for all these farm families all over the country, North Carolina included. Then comes Hurricane Matthew in 2016, floods all those out who are in its path. And when I say ``floods,'' I mean a real flood, flooding that you have not seen in many, many years. And then Hurricane Florence comes in 2018. It is not only the same areas that Hurricane Matthew hit in 2016, but hits a much broader geographical region in North Carolina and elsewhere.…”