After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive action. What seemingly is a daily occurrence taxpayer dollars be
After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive action. What seemingly is a daily occurrence taxpayer dollars be
After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive action. What seemingly is a daily occurrence taxpayer dollars be
[applause] thank you, sabrina. Thank you all for being here. As you know, recently there has been a lot more interest in the role banks play in global economies and communities, particularly when it comes to very big mergers. The failure of the silicate valley bank, generated a lot of talk and those of you who have been Community Groups on the front line, and crc on others, have been asking some tough questions about what we are doing to make sure banks are serving the community. More recently, there has been some announcement of big proposed mergers between credit card giants. In february, the Banking Industry sued the regulators regarding Community Reinvestment act. So i thought i would spend a little time today talking about how we should think about why banks serve communities and neighborhoods. I think a lot of people want to believe that banks are serving the underserved because it is charitable. So im going to first discuss some of the history about banking law and that terms co
[applause] thank you, sabrina. Thank you all for being here. As you know, recently there has been a lot more interest in the role banks play in global economies and communities, particularly when it comes to very big mergers. The failure of the silicate valley bank, generated a lot of talk and those of you who have been Community Groups on the front line, and crc on others, have been asking some tough questions about what we are doing to make sure banks are serving the community. More recently, there has been some announcement of big proposed mergers between credit card giants. In february, the Banking Industry sued the regulators regarding Community Reinvestment act. So i thought i would spend a little time today talking about how we should think about why banks serve communities and neighborhoods. I think a lot of people want to believe that banks are serving the underserved because it is charitable. So im going to first discuss some of the history about banking law and that terms co