I am committed to balancing the needs of the Commonwealth's families, communities, and producers who rely on natural gas-fired, coal-fired, and nuclear power generation with the needs of the innovators in the renewable economy.

Without the producers in rural America, our cities would wake up in the cold, dark, and hungry.

I must stress that the farmers, ranchers, and landowners in my district cannot supply the world's food and fiber without 24/7 access to reliable and affordable energy.

Unfortunately, this program has not been reauthorized in nearly 25 years.

I would encourage that we do a series of these hearings.

We're talking about the original anti-poverty programs. One of the best forms of a public-private partnership that I know of, and it addresses poverty no matter what the root cause of poverty is.

That's why my colleague, Representative Bonamici and I introduced H.R. 5129, the Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act.

That is a crisis, when you have school districts that have their supplies cut in half.

This hearing today is a very important and long overdue hearing to review the current strains within the supply chain.

We need to sound the alarm, because I think we are actually in a crisis.

I think, Mr. Chairman, we have some really good folks who are pending for confirmation at USTR, specifically in the agriculture area.

United States bureaucrats should be the last to deny, and to be a barrier, to the continued leadership of U.S. agriculture.

If appropriately embraced, agriculture biotechnology holds tremendous promise for addressing many of the challenges facing our nation.

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I much appreciate you being here today and having this very timely conversation.

I don't think we want the leadership of either party writing our farm bills, including the forestry title.

It is kind of sad, this is what we get when they don't allow this Committee, the Agriculture Committee, to do its job.

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We invest billions of dollars through the farm bill. We are really proud of the conservation title, and the benefits it brings.

American agriculture is, once again and it always has been, science, technology, and innovation.

That is what we do with the farm bill. That is what we do in this Committee.