We believe that regulatory uncertainty constitutes a major impediment to U.S. innovation and investment.

Our U.S. sugar industry is all family-owned, so we are going to support foreign families or American farm families?

These improvements will come with a price tag, which is why it was so critical that Ranking Member Scott and myself were able to craft a strong budget views and estimates letter.

it will be incumbent upon us to navigate the politics to get the best possible farm bill to the President's desk.

It is to make sure that the John Deere tractors keep farming my farm for generations to come.

To get the policy right, we need to hear directly from the folks in the countryside instead of voices within the beltway.

We thank their bipartisan leadership and echo many of the sentiments raised in that letter.

It is a little scary knowing where we are at, and so that is why it is so important to get it right.

Crop insurance has been the number one tool on our farm that has really provided me the opportunity.

We have to make sure that we write a farm bill for the farmer by the farmer.

Today, the countryside is coming to us, and I am very pleased that we will hear directly from producers about the priorities of ten national commodity groups.

I have heard loud and clear that the farm safety net, both commodity policy and crop insurance, needs improvements.

Many of you mentioned Federal crop insurance in your testimony. As you well know, there have been attempts in Congress to gut the program by imposing an adjusted gross income means testing, payment limits, things like that.

This letter to the Budget Committee clearly articulated the needs and justifications for additional resources to write a meaningful farm bill.

From my vantage point, it appears the EPA and USDA are not only playing in one another's sandbox, but are perpetuating wrongheaded priorities.

From my vantage point, it appears EPA and USDA are not only playing in one another's sandbox, but are perpetuating wrongheaded priorities.

This is the third time in 7 years the agency has attempted to rewrite this definition under the Clean Water Act.

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you are 1,000 miles away from the cornfield.

I am disappointed President Biden once again turned his back on rural America and vetoed this resolution.

I think we can all agree farmers, ranchers, and foresters are the original conservationists.

Simply put, any decisions related to crop protection tools should be based on actual science, not political science.

Rebuilding our Nation's infrastructure will require more than just bridges, roads, and waterways. It will require development of a skilled workforce.

I urge the Committee to build on work from the last two reauthorizations including provisions I championed to push the FAA to strengthen its DBE efforts.

I was proud of Congress' work in the last farm bill to provide a historic investment in a suite of animal disease preparedness and response programs.

Unless we pay attention here, I am afraid that many qualified minority and women owned businesses will continue to be denied a fair opportunity to compete for work.