So your schedulers do not seem to have that much flexibility. Is that correct? I mean, is it more rigid than in private practice?

President Biden has transformed the once small staff from their core mission of ensuring NEPA compliance into a legion of people implementing social change and ecojustice initiatives across the Federal Government.

Taking care of our veterans has always been, and still is, our highest priority.

We appreciate yours and Senator Capito's leadership and the great example that you set in working together to try and find common ground for this really, so very important Committee.

The explosive growth of CEQ's mission and bureaucratic morass is mirrored in the dramatic rise of their budget.

In many ways, CEQ has acted as the enforcers for every anti-energy and unscientific ecoagenda that President Biden has prioritized via Executive Order.

CEQ's own chief of staff has described the responsibilities and powers bestowed upon the agency by President Biden as unprecedented.

We appreciate yours and Senator Capito's leadership and the great example that you set in working together to try and find common ground for this really, so very important Committee.

Veterans in a rural state, like my State of Arkansas, face unique challenges to care.

Taking care of our veterans has always been, and still is, our highest priority.

So your schedulers do not seem to have that much flexibility. Is that correct? I mean, is it more rigid than in private practice?

we don't think career bureaucrats buried in some cubicle over in some nondescript building should be determining what happens out on our Federal lands.

it is the elected representatives facing off against the unelected bureaucrats.

we do control the purse strings.

this rule would devastate rural economies across the West under the guise of conservation.

We need centralized strategic planning and control at the national level here in Washington.

Is this a result of low U.S. engagement in the region, increasing efforts and resources by the PRC for its influence operations, or conditions in the FAS?

U.S. focus on this area has been less than optimum for years.