Mike Conaway: “Jefferson wrote extensively about how valuable an educated public is to the preservation of democracy.”

I am all for that, but just to have an open-ended check I don't think is necessarily a good idea.

Given the effectiveness of the Food for Peace Program, I believe, and the support from stakeholders, it is clear and important that we maintain that bipartisan effort.

I share Chairman Peterson's concerns over hemp. I am worried we have opened Pandora's box.

The real question for me, though, is who pays for it?