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I think it is a new thing in Maine as well, ma'am.

H.R. 1, our voting rights, ethics package, and campaign finance reform.

I would thank the Senator for his gracious comments. As always, it has been a great pleasure to work with him, and I know he cares deeply about the constitutional principle that brings us to the floor today. Let us defend the Constitution…

I think that the reorganization of ERS jeopardizes some of the scientific integrity by injecting politics into the work.

I am one of the people who doesn't support the proposed relocation and reorganization of the two USDA agricultural research agencies, NIFA and ERS.

I do not feel like it has been a transparent process.

Stakeholders have suggested to me that the ERS reorganization was proposed because research coming out of the agency didn't align with the administration's views on topics such as SNAP or climate change.

I have a lot of concerns about the proposed relocation and reorganization of NIFA and ERS, and I think every Democrat on this subcommittee and I have expressed our opposition to the plan.

I am really appreciative of how the tribe comes together as a community and uses traditions from the community to engage people at all levels.

I am actually about to submit a bipartisan bill on ocean acidification which I worked on before.

I think I may be the only person represented in the room who represents a district on the ocean. And I am very pleased that our entire congressional delegation of all parties, Republican, Democrat, and Independent, have opposed offshore…

Thank you for your testimony.

Obviously in the State of Maine, we care deeply about our relationship with the Nature Conservancy and conservation organizations, and we love our parks.

I look forward to our visit to Walter Reed. I have heard about the program before, and thank you for your testimony.

Any increase we can have in funding makes a huge difference, at the State level.

It could be different, I know, in different areas in different parts of the country.

I want to thank the Chairwoman and the Ranking Member for having this hearing.

Thank you. (The remarks of Ms. Collins pertaining to the introduction of S. 433 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')