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I fully recommend that we pursue those avenues.

I certainly want to support her request. It is very evident being there how that it really is the tip of the spear for us in terms of our defense.

For the first time in years, we have an opportunity to ensure that our military does not face a continued drawdown in force strength.

proper land stewardship, active management, and conservation are critical to the health of our economy, our environment, farms, forests, and watersheds.

Supporting our troops when they return home from the front lines is just as important as providing them the tools that they need to defend our Nation.

I would respectfully request full funding for the conservation programs in general, administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, consistent with the Farm Bill.

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I represent Fort Benning. The trainers are telling us that the bone density in their trainees now is not what it used to be and they have a lot of stress fractures because the youngsters did not get the kind of nutrition they needed in the…

Your leadership, with the language to change the provisions in the child nutrition bill on school milk have been very, very important.

I happen to believe the United States has been the most effective force for good of putting food in the bellies of hungry people overseas.

We will make meaningful work requirement changes, but none of us intend to cut SNAP.

As cochair of the Career and Technical Education Caucus, I mean, I share your passion. I know how important that is.

It's great to see all of you here. We look forward to your comments and very much appreciate the time that you've taken on this Columbus Day to be with us as we consider the issues that are facing our country and ag for the 2018 Farm Bill.

I, personally, have a Congressional district so rural and poverty so high, they feed them dinner before they send them home.

We're depending on you to do it. And, G.T., we talked about this many times, and I know you're involved in it, this year let's get it done.

In Pennsylvania, our number one industry is agriculture. One out of every seven Pennsylvanians owe their job directly or indirectly to agriculture.

I want to thank you both for being here today and testifying before the Committee.

In sum, we make those changes, and we will have a much more accurate index, going forward.

I called it an ill-conceived fiasco.

obviously there are so many different approaches to make sure that we maintain dairy security, which is good for Americans, and nutritious; but, obviously, making sure we are taking care of our farm families, who are working so hard.

Good afternoon, everyone. I'm Congressman G.T. Thompson.