I really appreciate this Committee hearing that you and Senator Hickenlooper have put together.

I think that was extremely important.

China intends to develop the military capabilities to seize Taiwan by the year 2027.

I'm very concerned that this budget would result in real cuts in defense spending at exactly the wrong time.

If this leaked draft opinion is the final decision and this reporting is accurate, it would be completely inconsistent with what Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh said in their hearings in our meetings in my office.

We need to be urgently investing in our shipbuilding capacity and fleet, not going in the opposite direction.

What can we do to ensure that we follow the practice that we have always followed?

It is important that the record be corrected on this issue.

I was very surprised to see that your budget is again proposing to zero out this program.

I just, you know, when I look at your previous efforts to eliminate the University of Maine's Agricultural Lab altogether during the Obama administration, and restrict the use of potatoes, despite the Institute of Medicine's study, that…

Unfortunately, this is not the case in Maine.

We know that the agreement that was reached is going to expire this summer; do we anticipate there are going to be further disruptions?

I can assure you, from talking to my colleagues, and state commissioners, that this guidance has created a lot of angst, and concern, and it is in conflict with our intent.

I told you that in 2016 a dairy farmer in Arundel, Maine, had discovered that the milk that was being produced by his cattle contains some of the highest levels ever reported from a PFAS contaminant.

We don't want to see a gap.

Mr. Secretary, we received a response to that letter at 1:24 a.m. this morning.

you stated that 'you were under the impression you are providing indemnity for livestock in addition to fluid milk.'

will you rescind or revise that memo?