New facilities are about new beginnings and endless possibilities,

count on getting the Social Security benefits they have earned.

The companies convicted won’t keep their ill-gotten gains, … never has enough money as it is.

As a part-time farmer, I have walked into a Farm Services Agency office and know how important it is to have easy access to these offices, … North Carolina agriculture relies on FSA services more...

So often, people are investigating things that happen in other states. If we’re getting gouged here in North Carolina, it is probably someone in another state behind it, … A federal statute would empower state...

Rural Americans need to read the fine print in President Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security,

Crop insurance is a key component of the farm safety net and it is crucial that this Subcommittee continues to stay abreast as to the health of the crop insurance industry.

The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack.

I am delighted that the USDA has backed off its irresponsible plan to close or relocate FSA offices that our farmers depend on without first undertaking a serious analysis of the effects of that plan,

Our ports are not only critical entryways into our nation that must be protected but they are critical entryways to our economy.

Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.

It is disappointing it has taken this long,