I encourage my colleagues to support this important bill and ensure we support the tireless work of our diplomatic and civil service corps.

I am concerned about the farmers who mitigate commodity price risk through future markets that trade on your exchanges.

I am proud to support this bill and introduce a handful of amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to our witnesses for being here today.

So I share some of the concerns that have been expressed here today.

Healthy soil also reduces risk.

Because healthy soils benefit not only farmers but the public at large, USDA provides financial support to farmers to implement soil health practices.

I personally appreciate Committee Members Angie Craig and Dusty Johnson for introducing legislation and their leadership on this issue.

Iowans are very connected to our soil, as many of you can imagine.

Managing for soil health offers an exciting value proposition to farmers and society.

Soil health is a critical topic for this Subcommittee to address because it underpins so many of our other conservation efforts.

If we don't find a way to conserve and preserve our soil, farmers are going to pay the price first.

Healthy soil also reduces risk: in recent years, droughts and floods have cost our economy billions of dollars.

The crisis is clear. Iowa's black gold... is at risk.

These same soil health practices can also provide environmental benefits that the rest of us enjoy.

Central Virginia is home to some of the most community-centered and service-minded students in the country, and yesterday I was fortunate to recognize two of these students as winners of the Congressional Award Gold Medal. Two of my…

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I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 115 Offered by Ms. Underwood The Acting CHAIR…

I would like to speak today in support of House Resolution 432, condemning the attacks on peaceful protestors and supporting an immediate peaceful transition to a civilian-led democratic government in Sudan.

I ask all of my colleagues to support House Resolution 432.

It is so vitally important for us, as members of the U.S. Congress, to stand up for civilians and those who are using their voices.

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I have trouble with that argument from my colleague across the aisle when, last night, he voted for a 14 percent cut across the board to this pot of money, which he refers to as a ``magical'' pot of money. I think it is incredibly…

I would like to note, for the Record, that I am new to Congress, elected in November, so I was not here last year or last Congress during the tax bill cycle. Given that my colleague across the aisle was, I find the lectures about fiscal…

My amendment to H.R. 2740 increases funding toward colorectal cancer screening and prevention. Right now, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. This year alone, more than 50,000 people across…