"Excellent. Well, thank you, Chairwoman Pingree and Ranking Member Joyce, and it is great to see you, Mr. Griffith."
"This investment will reposition the United States for long-term success, competitiveness, and leadership in global ag and food research."
"I want to highlight a community project funding request for my district."
"First, my colleague, Chellie Pingree, and I are co-leading an Agriculture Task Force as part of the House's Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition."
"We want to build on increasing engagement of American farmers on climate change issues in a lead up to the reauthorization of the farm bill."
"We would love to have you join our conversation, to come meet with our group, and give us some direction on how we can recognize, celebrate, amplify the contributions of our farmers who engage in clim..."
"So, this program is particularly well-suited for small- and medium-sized farms, as well as first-time, low-income minority farmers because you don't have to enter a carbon market to be compensated for..."
"Last, I have very little time, but I just wanted to touch on a piece of legislation I am working on to modernize the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, or the SARE Program."
"the local offices that help farmers on the ground are simply not staffed, and so, this puts undue burden on local conservation districts to fill in the gaps"
"I strongly support the application and hope you to give it strong consideration."
"Thank you very much. I really appreciate your attention to it, and calling that to my attention so I can address it on our end."
"I want to thank you again for coming out to Washington State a few months back so that you could see the great work happening and how important specialty crops are to Washington State."