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
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About the display of the flag in certain circumstances. In our next 45 minutes, we want to hear from you on where you draw the line when it comes to the display of the confederate battle flag or confederate symbols. Perhaps you think it should be kept from public land or maybe it should go further. Let us know what you think on two lines this morning if you live in the east, 202748 8000. If you live in a mountain or pacific time zones 202748 8001. If you want to post your thoughts on where you draw the line, you can post in our twitter page, on our facebook page, and if you want to send us an email on this topic, you can do so at journal cspan. Org. Usa today takes that question on where they draw the line when it comes to the use of confederate symbols. Its on their opinion page this morning. The editors write in part again, your thoughts this morning on the display of the Confederate Flag and the display of confederate symbols as well. Where do you draw the line when it comes to thos