I am honored to have been confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a bipartisan word, and very proud to be serving our nation's 33 million small businesses.

Thank you. I just want to note that I think there is an echoing in here.

Whatever you were talking about, that makes it harder for our people to apply for these particular loans.

the Supreme Court's decisions have an impact on a lot of different things that you may not think is being resolved or addressed by the Supreme Court.

So, did these farmers work with any organization to alert them to what they could be doing to make sure that the wildfires are contained?

the next Farm Bill very much reflects the commitment to the small farmers that we have.

We have welcomed the new head of Rural Affairs.

agriculture has a very large role to play.

I think that kind of awareness and cooperation is really going to be part of the lessons learned.

I think that kind of focus effort to purchase local by the Department of Education, you know, is--I have been trying to get them to put fresh pineapple in our school lunches.

we have to do more, or it will turn deadly for many of our communities.

There is a lot more focus in the Judiciary committee even on the visas that will enable our farms to keep going.

we need to be able to share water.

I think that we need to recognize how important it is for flexibility for USDA.

I think to the extent that SBA programs target women for a particular kind of support, that--I think that is something that the SBA could have an impact.

We don't have a Forest Service presence here as such, but we did meet with some Forest Service people.

So clearly, there are a lot of grants that have been made available, by the way, through some of the really huge bills that have been enacted by Congress.

Sirens were typically used for tsunamis or hurricanes, to my knowledge at least, I never experienced them in use for fires.