Mike Conaway

Universal, instantaneous access to the Internet has become essential to our lives.

If we cannot get commodities to market, urban manufacturing centers and rural communities alike face challenges producing the very 'made in America' products that create the jobs and grow our economy.

There is perhaps no current public policy proposal that commands more bipartisan public support than the idea of rebuilding America's public works.

There is, perhaps, no current public policy proposal that commands more bipartisan support than the idea of rebuilding America's public works.

It baffles me when farm bill detractors question our commitment to specialty crops, implying that our country lacks a national food policy just because we treat specialty crops differently than traditional commodities.

Absent a plan, I fear regulators will respond to a crisis with the only tool in their arsenal--a bazooka of money.

What I do know is that markets are comprised of millions of people interacting and responding to incentives.

Your work to begin reining in the Waters of the U.S. regulation, by putting in place a new rule that fully respects private property rights, federalism, and no fewer than three Supreme Court rulings, is critical to helping dismantle this…

I don't think there is a better man for the job of Secretary of Agriculture in these challenging times.

The rural economy is vital to our nation.

Ensuring that the credit programs match the current and future needs of farmers and ranchers is particularly important.

We need a strong farm bill to provide a safety net against sustained market downturns.

Canada needs to hold up its end of the bargain, not leave American companies--and the workers and farm families they support--holding the bag.

Thank you for convening a hearing into the vital issues facing American dairy farmers today.

Nothing in the enclosed report suggests gutting SNAP or abolishing a program that serves so many.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the most important nutrition assistance program in the United States.

I want to really stress the importance of crop insurance, which others have. We need to make it more inclusive and not exclude people.

We don't need to tell you that the last 4 years, we've had a 50 percent drop in net farm income, the worst 4 year drop since the Depression.

Ag is the number one industry in the State of Illinois. It's not up in Chicago, it's agriculture, and we need to remind folks of that.

I implore the Committee to make sugarbeet research funding a priority in the 2018 Farm Bill to ensure a brighter future for both our families and our customers.

Do you guys know how important you are? You're our advocates.

How can we amend current law so that the vulnerable in communities are not excluded from the nourishment that they deserve?

SNAP recipients who care for small children, or who have clear disabilities (physical or psychological) or substance dependencies, should be exempted from any newly required work activities.

I urge the Committee and Congress in the next farm bill to ensure that indoor agriculture not be excluded from programs for which such similar ag operations would otherwise qualify.

I want to continue to fight to make sure that we have full reform on immigration policy.