if you're a farmer near giving your time with another farmer teaches them how to farm qualify for ustagrams, you get compensated a penny on the generosity of your heart because you care about the industry when will there should be a support program for that so that we can tap into the genius of the existing farmers and producers across country learn from them how to best to do what you do look forward to continuing this work has a second bipartisan. and you mentioned crop insurance the new mexico your desire to see that expand what challenges dc specialty crop growers facing the linking of risk management tools currently available to them. >> was sure bureaucracy and we were we want the insurance there's minimal insurance to meet us usta to build to get more insurance basically told okay, go click the data yourself and then will take a look at the data you have. >> will world working full-time jobs the average on time on front time for growers 18 hours a day and for him to stop and do the job that usta should do, it's hard enough. >> i appreciate that mr. chairman as i have learned fro

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we are in the process of taking a second look at usta to make sure it remains relevant and beneficialre that third countries and foreign countries of concern are not hit inadvertently on agreement at the expense of america and our trading partners but i want to make sure the tech market access is secured in canada and mexico and are things that are acted upon. dairy intake and according to mexico in energy and mexico but these are things where trading partners need to be held accountable and it's important for the political and economic sustainability of that agreement on the trade relationship with canada be addressed in a timely way. >> are there any specific changes as former chief of staff ustr previous trump administration you were? instrumental in negotiating these documents and you had intimate knowledge about these documents. are there any changes that you would change? >> yes i certainly would. i mentioned the rules of origin we should look at the rules of origin for automobiles did we should look and see if we need to have any kind of restrictions on content or value-added m

you to leave agricultural practice regulations to the proper agencies and for the most part, that is usta and epa. on dietary guidelines i've sent letters to the secretaries of agriculture, hhs, requesting that they provide information regarding conflicts of interest on the dietary guidelines visor committee. i expect you the provider to make confidential financial disclosures from the advisory committee before finalizing dietary guidelines so we know that nobody has a vested interest and is having new influence. lastly, hhs office of refugee settlement oversight. last year i expanded my investigation into hhs' office of refugee resettlement. i wrote two dozen contractors and grantees whose job it is to place unaccompanied children with sponsors. in many cases, children had been placed with improper sponsors, placing them at risk of trafficking. biden administration's hhs corrected these taxpayer-funded contractors and grantees cannot respond to my inquiry. this is obstruction by the executive branch. i expect you to produce to me the records and data i've requested and instruct hhs contr

usta has dramatically improved its ability to provide ad hoc assistance to growers, we need congress to enact a comprehensive bipartisan bill that invests in long-term competitiveness of our industry. our proposal for the farm bill include new funding for r&d, incentives for tech that supplement and enhance human labor, resources to make our operations resilient to extreme weather and common sense changes to the crop insurance that would provide the majority of our growers with a functional safety net for the first time. i don't have the time to walk through each of these proposals in my testimony but we have submitted written testimony for record which includes a copy of our 2023 recommendations. we will provide updated recommendations to you in the coming weeks. the alliance stands ready to work with each of you on the next farm bill. thank you, i look forward to questions. chair thompson: thank you. your recognized, begin when ready. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i serve as executive director of the marketing board, i grow corn and soybeans in rural illinois.