"Today's hearing presents an important opportunity to conduct oversight into the programs from the 2018 Farm Bill and consider how we best support producers and stakeholders."
"We know how critical the Farm to School Program is to not only support our small farming community..."
"Are there any Rural Development components to disaster aid after a rural area has experienced disaster, and is there anything Congress should consider in this regard?"
"Congressman Ted Lieu and I introduced the Renewable Energy for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Act, H.R. 2791, to create a small, new assistance program within the Agriculture Department."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for this hearing. I am especially glad to see Under Secretary Torres Small with us."
"Access to affordable farmland is a major challenge nationally, particularly for people of color, who today make up two percent of farmland owners."
"This is not what happened in Pigford. This is what is still going on today."
"I am really grateful for it."
"I represent the Virgin Islands, and of course, you are aware that the non-contiguous United States, that is, U.S. Territories along with Hawaii and Alaska, have been provided through the Agriculture I..."
"if you could have your staff get back to me as to whether or not they have seen any quantifiable difference in the food security"
"Efforts to modernize the regulatory environment for products of biotechnology have transcended Administrations and party lines--a tradition we hope to see continued."