Mike Conaway

Two of the pillars of our country's national security have long been a strong military and sound agricultural policy.

We have been blessed in this nation with farm policy that has ensured we have maintained that infrastructure and our ability to produce food.

The ADT strategy was a success because it took the approach that we can prevent the seeds of conflict, by planting seeds of hope and prosperity.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The rule of construction under section 9 affirms that nothing in this act, or amendments made by this act, will supersede or otherwise affect the authority of a relevant Federal department or agency to…

Reclaiming my time, I appreciate the gentleman from California for his continued work on this important matter, particularly his recognition of the crucial role that the Agriculture Committee must play in any global food security strategy…

Reclaiming my time, does the committee chairman agree that the Food for Peace program, which is wholly separate from the bill we are debating on the floor today, is vital to U.S. efforts to respond to emergencies and alleviate global…

Reclaiming my time, is it also the gentleman's understanding that the ``notwithstanding authority'' granted to the Emergency Food Security Program will not in any way affect the existing requirements under the Food for Peace Act, including…

Every time that pops up, you have folks out there who don't really understand the impact that feeding hungry people has.

I thank my fellow colleague on the Agriculture Committee for hosting tonight's Special Order hour and for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend the Farm Credit System for 100 years of service to rural America and the agriculture…

Forty percent of the food grown in this country is wasted.

Good public policy is not a zero-sum game.

A nation that can feed its people is a nation more secure.

protect end-users from being roped into reporting, registration, or regulatory requirements that are inappropriate for the level of risk they can impose on financial markets.

This is another solution in search of a problem which has been tried, and defeated, many times before.

Any Congressional or Executive action to interfere will only add to our price problems, not solve them.

It is absolutely essential for EPA to correct the oversights in the WPS rule and provide their state partners and the regulated community the time and educational resources necessary to 'educate before we regulate.'

We thank the Members of the Committee for leading support of H.R. 897, a bill that would assure farmers that when they lawfully apply pesticides, they are not subject to Clean Water Act permit.

To repeat what everyone knows, 60 to 70 percent of our hired workforce in American agriculture are workers who would have documentation problems.

the full implementation of this horrible Vermont law is nearly upon us. The consequences of that, you mentioned food prices, $1,000 per family per year is the consequence of Vermont, and it is just simply unacceptable.

I hope our team collectively can focus on the bottom two quintiles, because those are the folks who have the least flexibility to be able to adjust to price changes.

If Congress passes TPP this year, the U.S. beef industry will be one of the biggest winners in agriculture.

Congress must pass the TPP, and it must be done soon.

a better alternative to regulation is the Federal Government sharing in the cost of both time-tested and cutting edge conservation practices.

I want to thank Mr. Smith for yielding and the other colleagues for the work they have done on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1567, the Global Food Security Act of 2016. With the world population rapidly…

I, along with many other Members of this Committee have often stated that agriculture is the backbone of rural America.