Madam President, I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 4334) to amend…

I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill will receive the second reading on the next…

I know of no further debate on the measure. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? The question is on agreeing to the resolution. The resolution (S. Res. 236) was agreed to.

Chairman Cox, Ranking Member Gohmert, good morning, and thank you for holding this hearing on this important topic and inviting me to update you on the progress that the Department has made and continues to make on the issue of sexual…

The Department is committed to preventing and eliminating all forms of harassing conduct and to transforming our workplace culture so our employees feel safe, respected, and valued.

This is about people. That's truly why we are here, and we can't lose sight of that throughout this process.

Congress should not attempt to reorganize a system from scratch.

the US should move quickly to get 'first mover advantage' and scale the adoption of stacks of soil health practices.

Sometimes the truth hurts.

Agriculture is a very important opportunity, very important natural resource managers that have the opportunity, as I indicated, to be significant participants in our efforts to sequester greenhouse gases.

I am going to assume that you all wouldn't have ridden on an airplane if you believed that something was wrong.

How do we know that this new process is actually going to have the integrity to where you don't just feel it is right?

Thank you very much. I yield back.

I would appreciate if you could come back to the committee after looking through some of the recommendations of NTSB and others and advise us of any recommendations that you do not concur with.

But what changes you are making to where--you felt it was right, OK, before--and making sure that there are changes.

the responsibility for failure primarily lies with Congress, not with the boots on the ground and not with the Executive.

Would you please do that?

Our constituents continue to express their frustration about being ignored and being attacked for exercising their constitutionally-protected right to free speech to protest inequities across American institutions.