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President Zelenskyy met with Congress this morning. He showed tremendous leadership.

America must once again be energy independent so the world less reliant on malign actors.

There is no industry, there is no entity that relies on their existence from climate and weather than agriculture.

I certainly look forward to working with you on the flexibility with our service providers, and how they can best deliver that.

I think kind of the frustration for everybody is how slow it has been to actually get the resources to the people to implement the technology that is needed in rural America.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ranking Member Thompson. Thank you both for holding this hearing.

Thank you to the Honorable David Scott and Glenn ``G.T.'' Thompson for holding this important hearing.

All I want is the best broadband possible for all these districts, and I sometimes think that we are down this path of one size fits all, and I am here to say, can we work together on this?

We share the responsibility for governing and addressing the needs of rural America, and we can only meet that obligation if we work together.

Our partnership falters when the Department acts unilaterally and ignores the concerns of Members of this Committee.

Increasing energy efficiency, and producing more renewable energy here at home should continue to be a goal.

I want to ensure that our farm bill programs support producers, particularly historically underserved and beginning farmers.

Make no mistake, climate change poses a threat to our rural communities, and to the production of food, fuel, and fiber.

It is agriculture that must lead this nation's efforts in climate change.

We want agriculture to be at the tip of the spear.

Increasing energy efficiency and producing more renewable energy right here at home should continue to be a goal.

I am also for allowing farming to remain a viable way of life.

I hold out hope that we can develop a fruitful, consistent partnership with USDA that best serves our rural communities.