[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H2901-H2902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      AGRICULTURE ECONOMY UPENDED

  (Mr. ROSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROSE. Madam Speaker, the Securities and Exchange Commission--not 
the social and environmental commission--has proposed a rule that would 
require small farmers in America who sell their products to large,

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public companies to potentially have to calculate and report their 
total climate-related risks, including their emissions.
  This proposed rule would upend the entire agricultural economy and 
impose a tremendous added cost to farmers who put food on our tables 
and subsequently to all of us who eat that food.
  Congress never gave the Securities and Exchange Commission the 
authority to enact regulations regarding the environment or climate, 
but the Biden administration has been adamant about carrying out their 
progressive agenda nevertheless.
  That is why we are working to put an end to out-of-control government 
and Washington bureaucrats by passing the REINS Act.
  Madam Speaker, I urge all Members to join me in voting ``yes'' on 
this legislation so that Congress can go back to being the necessary 
check on these rogue officials just as our Founders intended.

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