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I've been arguing for some time that it is time for Congress to act, and I think the question is always what is the correct way to do it?

Mr. Chair, I would simply say let's get to work. So we got some things we can do here.

I have a piece of legislation and Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal are both co-sponsors called The Filter Bubble Transparency Act.

I think that's a real issue that needs to be examined and perhaps addressed, as well.

They made it very clear that they would never withdraw on a date certain, and that to a person, the recommendations that had been provided was to do a conditions-based withdrawal.

TIA members have felt the pressure of delayed port times, container shortages, overbearing demurrage and detention charges.

Thank you for sponsoring H.R.4996, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021.

The quickest way for this to come to resolution is for the Attorney General to resign. What I will say is that I still continue to believe the Attorney General should resign. I think that the best thing that could happen is that the…

I still continue to believe the Attorney General should resign.

October 11 is, in South Dakota, Native American Day. Now, when America turns its eyes to Indian reservations, so often-- too often--the focus is on poverty, despair, dysfunction. But there are wonderful stories from Indian Country as well…

These hearings do make a difference in how the agencies respond to our needs.

Can we get some sort of a commitment from you to work with us on getting this advisory board reauthorized?

I commend you for the hard work that you have done.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us firsthand the interconnection between people, animals, their shared environment, and the devastation that global diseases can bring to food supply chains everywhere.

Avoid burdensome application requirements and ensure that eligibility criteria are defined broadly so as not to disadvantage producers of color, small-scale producers and the organizations that serve them due to scale or other operational…

Farmers are working hard to respond to company and consumer demands for more climate-friendly products, but they often are not rewarded in the market for the investments they make at the field level.

I deeply respect the oversight function of this Committee.

I sincerely appreciate the efforts of your staff to get me this information, which I provided last night to the South Dakota veterans who requested my help.