Glenn Thompson

I appreciate the efforts of the CFTC and the SEC that they have made to try to fold digital assets into existing framework.

As the popularity of digital assets continues to grow, it is incumbent upon Congress to speak clearly about how best to regulate.

I am honored to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Cammack), who is another great member of the House Agriculture Committee.

We look forward to working with you to find ways to improve climate and agriculture research for young, beginning, and BIPOC farmers.

We thank the Honorable David Scott and Glenn 'GT' Thompson for holding this hearing to discuss the impact of and opportunities for climate research in the agricultural sector.

It is vitally important that the next farm bill significantly ramp up the investment in agricultural research.

The United States has fallen significantly behind on its investment in agricultural research, with a budget that has remained relatively stagnant since the 1970s.

Agricultural research will be the critical key to providing farmers with proven ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Biden Administration, and inside the beltway think-tanks, have been pushing a climate agenda that creates new programs and added what I see commonly unnecessary bureaucracy.

I would just encourage everyone to check out the SUSTAINS Act (H.R. 2606) because it does that.

Until this Administration focuses on moving people forward, lowering gas prices, tackling inflation, and disincentivizing the COVID gravy train, these problems are going to persist.

Conversations about infusing conservation programs with money because people think that it is woke to talk about climate change is a solution in search of a problem.

People aren't going to be taking summer trips when gas gets to $6, $7 or $8 a gallon.

I will reject complicating our programs and making climate the focus of every title of the upcoming farm bill reauthorization.

I, along with Leader McCarthy and nearly 100 of my Republican colleagues, called on President Biden to end his regulatory assault on rural America.

The only way to accomplish that with the tools that are out there today is for the American farmers, ranchers, and foresters to produce more and export it overseas.

Although they have traditionally by some have had a bullseye on their back that literally says climate criminals, that should be replaced with the mantle of climate heroes.

One of our most effective--I think the most effective climate heroes not just in this nation but anywhere in the world is the American farmer.

We should truly be science-based and not political science.

You can't have a healthier environment without a healthier economy.

Climate policies need to benefit producers. Our farmers, our ranchers, and our foresters primarily.

Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter that I, Leader McCarthy, and 94 House Members sent to President Biden on June 14.

Despite these impending crises, your Administration has neglected to take serious action to increase American production.

U.S. consumers are experiencing the largest price increase in nearly 40 years, with the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food rising by 9.4 percent between April 2021 and April 2022.

Long before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, America's farm families and consumers were struggling with fractured supply chains, skyrocketing input costs, and historic levels of inflation.