is there still an effort to co-locate offices in the field?

I am disappointed that the most recent announcement for Conservation Innovation Grants funding did not include socially-disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.

I welcome the opportunity to continue our dialogue on the conservation collaboration grants.

It is interesting to me that we talk about the number--many of the reasons.

I'm always amused by how we change positions from day to day.

It is critical to our democracy, and your equipment is purchased with taxpayer dollars.

Will all of you commit today to allowing researchers to test your products without prescreening?

We're in 2020, but we're using standards.

You determine what the upgrades in security should be because you're dancing to their tune, not to the EAC.

We need to be more involved in the process.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I remember well the day I stood here and raised my right hand and swore before God and country that I would support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies…

Today I rise to recognize and congratulate Sari Feldman on her recent retirement as the executive director of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Ms. Feldman began her tenure at the Cleveland Public Library in 1997 as head of community…

The purpose of today's hearing is to ensure the Department of Agriculture functions equally for everyone it serves and employs, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or any other protected class.

Civil rights--the equal treatment of everyone in the building and outside of it--is fundamentally bigger than the blue-red lens we see things through these days.

I am extremely concerned about the lack of urgency that your Department put forth to provide information that we requested, timely.

The responsibility now starts and ends with you.

On Tuesday, November 19, 2019, I made the following request for information.

Most people who are on SNAP who can work, do work. You can take that back, too.

It is just difficult for me to believe that there is no culture of favoritism based upon what I see.

Civil rights, the equal treatment of everyone in the building and outside of it, is fundamentally bigger than the blue/red lens we see things through these days.

Today I rise to honor Vanessa Whiting of Cleveland, Ohio, the recipient of the 2019 Black Professional of the Year Award. Ms. Whiting will become the 39th individual to receive this distinguished award given by the Black Professionals…

What is the purpose of placing those impediments?

I live in a county of more than a million people. We have one early voting site. One.

Voting is a fundamental right for every single American citizen, and protecting that right is a responsibility...

The Supreme Court has a responsibility to protect that right so that every citizen is considered equal.