Frank Lucas: “The biggest challenge... is when the revenue numbers, the new budget process, what is available to us...”

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Ranking Member, for holding this hearing, and the witnesses for agreeing to testify.

The time to make updates to the farm safety net is now.

I have no further requests for time, and I am prepared to close once the gentlewoman from California closes.

Folks back home are always very concerned about inflation and the period we have gone through lately.