josh hawley impact on agriculture 🚫 farmers in missouri

thank you Senator Holly thank you Mr chairman thanks to the witnesses for being here Mr speak spachman if I could start with you your company in venery is planning a a high voltage transmission line across my state called The Grain Belt Express you're familiar with this I'm sure I am sir as I understand it this this line if built would carry electricity from Western Kansas to Indiana it would cut across right across the state of Missouri 200 miles from west to east eight counties and cover hundreds and hundreds of farms I I understand you're also now proposing a second transmission line called the tiger connector line which would run north and south uh from uh Monroe County down to Callaway County Farmers in my state have expressed a lot of concern with the Grain Belt Express and the use your company's use of imminent domain