We expect that 1/2 of those 65 and older farmers to retire over the next decade.

We appreciate his efforts as well as the support from you, Chairman Tester, Senator Tim Johnson from South Dakota.

We encourage Congress to make the waiver for the loan Federal match requirement permit for the NACA financial institution assistance program.

We would like to recognize Senator Tom Udall from New Mexico for his strong support of Native CDFIs.

I can do a loan, and I can get prescreened at my bank.

I continue to hear from young farmers and ranchers that it is not enough, that the application process for loans and support is arduous at best.

We have in New Mexico, which I am sure you are aware, the highest percentage of older farmers and ranchers who are age 65 and up, at 37 percent.

We've seen that movie before. It wasn't the first time Russia has held its natural gas supply over Ukraine's head.

To me, natural gas exports would be a form of a positive sanction that has real benefits to our economy.

I introduced a piece of legislation yesterday that I mentioned earlier along with the Chairwoman.

I have a deep appreciation for the national security implications of natural gas exports.

I appreciate that we are having what I consider sort of two bites at the apple to start to look at disability cases and the system that Social Security has in place to review those cases.

Do you think this severe, and let me just repeat that, the severe understaffing issues, like in Albuquerque, do you think they are acceptable?

Through the HEA reauthorization, included authorization to forward fund the BIA Higher Education Program.

Higher education is one of the best investments we can make as a Nation in our future.

But certainly none in my region, which has the highest consistent cases...

I would disagree. I think you do know.

If this is where you know you have significant issues, why aren't we making investments where we have the greatest backlogs?