I appreciate that, and one area, Mr. Chairman, that we've been able to do some work in an area that was completely ignored, which was included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure package, was to plug abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells.

I have had a terrible time also trying to get accurate data on the number of tribal homes that don't have electricity or don't have broadband.

I certainly hope that we can find that way back, because a lot of folks support Starbucks because the employees were treated well.

Investing in tribal energy projects is not just good policy, it's the right thing to do.

This is my first hearing as chairman of this subcommittee, and I am looking forward to a good discussion on the fiscal year 2024 Budget Request for the Department of Agriculture.

I just hope with all of this--that it's not a policy.

Unions shrink both racial and gender wage gaps, while raising wages for all workers.

In the Upper Klamath, we have not only over nearing now 25 years of the application of biological opinions that have shown no recovery of species...

we cannot move forward if we don't do that, and that we preserve that.

The number of minors employed in violation of child labor laws has increased 37 percent in the last year.

I look forward to seeing these bills move forward so that we can continue to grow our outdoor recreation.

We give workers more power, we pay workers what they deserve.

It would be a 1.4 trillion dollars economic benefit if we did that.

Americans recognize the value of unions.

we want to encourage local hiring to H.R. 1, so that the Forest Service, BLM, and the Park Service are looking to our local community for their hiring.

the ski areas are not just places of outdoor recreation in the winter, but also in the summer

Yet Moderna announced that it plans to sell the vaccine in commercial market from $110 to $130, which is a 400 percent increase.

What can Congress do to make sure we are supporting you so that we can iterate on these constituent cases much more quickly?