Jeff Fortenberry: “I support the conservation compliance requirements, but I want to make sure that farmers have time to comply with the…”

I really appreciate that. I think this whole committee very much does.

But the heart of the matter that came out of that meeting of not being properly informed about the hold was, what are the metrics that we are using here to determine whether or not we are being successful?

No, other than again to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership. I think it has been a productive hearing to unpack this significant portion of America's public policy of both expenditures but also impact.

It is basically this: predatory lending, resource extraction, and support for authoritarian methodologies in governance.