Mike Conaway: “Ensuring that our nation's derivatives markets work for those who have risks to hedge is no small task.”

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

I want American farmers participating in this, and American people support these programs in large part because they think it is American-grown products that are being used over there.

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

It is critical and absolutely crucial that food assistance and agriculture development efforts focus on building resilience.