Questions Submitted by Hon. Glenn Thompson, a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania

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

As this Committee discusses conservation and climate programs, it is important to understand that hindering the U.S. wheat farmer's ability to produce their products, which have long been grown under climate-smart practices that leave the…

For any agriculture operation, one of the most critical relationships a farmer may have is with his or her lender.

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?

It is not so much, at this point, we can have record high commodity prices we are getting, but with inflation, it is the margin that matters.

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.

Farmers are combating incredible challenges as they need to feed, clothe, and fuel this great nation and the world.

It is very unclear how much the funding will make it into the hands of producers, farmers.

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

I believe farmers are climate champions, but there is more to be done.

Can you talk about the importance of the safety net and maintaining domestic food production, and for your commodity, what other countries are major producers, and how do they stack up from a conservation and a climate standpoint?

As we work towards the 2023 Farm Bill, we know that we have a lot of responsibility and that means doing great oversight and learning the lessons of what we were able to put into what looks like a very successful 2018 Farm Bill.

To have a healthy community, you really need obviously qualified healthcare professionals in that community. To have a healthy forest, I think you need qualified silviculturists that are working with that forest.

Our producers need action, not half-baked pilots and arbitrary mandates.

I do not believe that USDA or the taxpayers should be subsidizing corporations' arbitrary climate goals.

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.

Without crop insurance, lenders would not be able to provide the levels of credit to the farmers necessary to operate a farm in today's high-cost environment.

His presence certainly is going to be missed in these halls and on this Committee.

It is essential for performing daily activities. Life is increasingly conducted more and more through the internet.

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.

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.

Without the safety net provided by Title I farm programs and crop insurance, many farms would simply not be able to survive.

weakening sugar policy and outsourcing more of our sugar production to heavily subsidized global sugar markets would undercut our supply chains, weaken national security, hurt the environment, and cost us family farms here in the U.S.

I find it hard to believe the Equity Commission came up or is even talking about that as a proposal.