Glenn Thompson

This hearing is happening at a critical time as it relates to the work of the Agriculture Committee.

I want to make sure they are pathways to opportunity, meeting the immediate nutritional needs of these families who find themselves usually temporarily in financial distress.

To say I disagree with those calls is an understatement.

Spending more money for the sake of spending it does not necessarily mean we are achieving our desired results or outcomes.

There are things we can improve and probably even a few policies we can upend.

How can FNS support states to permanently provide remote (telephone and online) options for the application and interview during Disaster SNAP to ensure equitable access to food assistance when communities need it most?

What role does the Department's Office of Chief Economist play in helping FNS make decisions related to policy and spending?

Moving on to say this hearing is long overdue is an understatement, so I am so glad we are all here today.

I worry that a continued push in that direction will erode domestic support for this longstanding program.

I do want to take this opportunity to extend my appreciation to USDA and USAID, and all their partners for their tireless work to feed our world's hungry.

It is hard to imagine a healthy American agricultural sector without new markets, expanded markets, stable markets.

It was completely naive of the White House to say that farmers would be able to ramp up production amid high fuel and other production costs.

The times that we are in are difficult times, and I think only going to get worse here.

Representative Hinson has the PRECISE Act (H.R. 2518, Producing Responsible Energy and Conservation Incentives and Solutions for the Environment Act).

I agree with you. The no-till, Dr. Gruber, you were talking about no-till and how important it is to have access to that new technology.

We need the bill that this Committee passed unanimously on rural broadband to be on the House floor because it is a bill that addressed the digital divide.

Why is the loss of millions of barrels of oil from global oil supply by President Biden's reckless policy not also driving up costs for consumers?

This Administration has blocked key pipelines, withdrawn land from production in Alaska, and imposed costly new rules and regulations to hamstring domestic energy production.

The Biden Administration has willfully chosen to take millions of barrels of oil from the global supply.

Unfortunately, there is little we can do about Putin's reckless criminal adventurism, his genocide that he is conducting on a peaceful country.

Putin's war in Ukraine is removing millions of barrels of oil from the global supply, which is impacting the prices that consumers are paying at the pump and driving up inflation.

Our farmers like these programs, and they deserve more certainty.

We need to consider what the needs are for our ag and forestry sectors as well as our rural small businesses in terms of their potential role in producing renewable energy.

I'm looking forward to looking deeply into how renewable energy production can provide new revenue streams for agricultural producers and the economies of their communities.

We also need to review the needs for upgrading and investing in long outdated infrastructure in rural America.