I have been around this long enough to know that the Department is full of well-intentioned people, whether they are in Washington or whether they are out in Colorado.

We need good information, and we need regulatory procedures that are not only clear, but predictable.

These minerals have to come from somewhere. If they aren't mined here, where will they be mined?

We have got to realign the incentives at the Department so that we are being timely and being responsive and being flexible.

I do not think this is how our Rural Development programs should function.

We need to streamline applications, we need to reduce the burden of our small towns and rural communities.

How can Congress help ensure that these companies are not introducing ESG policies into their investment funds?

When you go woke, you go broke.

I have been around this long enough to know that the Department is full of well-intentioned people, whether they are in Washington or whether they are out in Colorado.

Thank you so much for coming to spend the morning with us. We appreciate it.

That shouldn't be the case. I say that because that is an aberration of capitalism.

This is one of the most amazing hearings I have heard.

It is so wonderful to have a neighbor in this job and somebody who I know understands the challenges that we are facing out in Colorado.

Thank you, Chairman Hill, and I want to extend my thanks to you, Chairman Johnson, and Ranking Member Lynch for helping bring the Agriculture and the Financial Services Committees together for a joint hearing this morning.

People like me who represent underserved communities know that these communities frequently have--they're low-income, disadvantaged, minority communities.

I thank Ranking Member Lofgren for yielding time. Today, I am proud to stand in strong support of the Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality Research Act that I introduced with my colleague from Georgia, Representative Mike Collins…

So, we take that very, very seriously.

Right, which is regrettable.