Jeff Fortenberry: “I would appreciate any consideration you could give them. They have a long agricultural tradition there.”

Thank you again for holding the hearing. I thought it was a very thorough, good discussion.

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding. Mr. Speaker, you might notice a little smile on my face. Honestly, as I was walking over here to speak on the bill, I was reflecting on my own life as a father. I have five children. When…

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

First, let me acknowledge the leadership of our committee, the chair, Rosa DeLauro, and our Ranking Member Kay Granger particularly, in this sense, for their attempt to navigate this contentious process in which there really are areas of…