Opening Statement: Republican Leader Dusty Johnson Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Hearing: State of the Beef Supply Chain: Shocks, Recovery, and Rebuilding 07/28/2021 | 05:57pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I will start with two notes of gratitude. The first is to you. When Congress focuses in a bipartisan way on issues, good things happen. This panel, these witnesses, this is going to be a good thing. Thank you. And then I also just want to note my gratitude to other members of this Subcommittee. I mean, when I think about the number of conversations-earnest conversations, honest conversations-I have had on these topics with Jim Costa, or Randy Feenstra, or Tracy Mann, or Jim Baird, or Don Bacon, or Vicky Hartzler, or anybody who's on Zoom, it's amazing. I mean, I think the American people should feel good that their members of Congress really do care about these issues in an emotional way, but also in a data-driven way. Because for those of us who represent ranchers, or backgrounders, or stockers, or feeders, we know how emotional and how unpredictable the last couple of years have been.