It is not just ag real estate, it is residential mortgages in rural communities of 2,500 or less, and that would help reduce the interest cost and allow a lot more people to qualify for mortgages.

When things are tough, accessing credit pain, your families are counting on you, and that pressure on your shoulders is hard.

In addition to the letter that Chairman Perry led to the GSA and FPS, my other bill that passed the House echoes the letter's concern and aims to address them.

So, to follow up on that 'minimum level,' is technology replacing the contract guards?

Thank you. I want to first thank Chairman Perry, Chairman Graves, and this committee for their support in helping me pass two bills through the House this past March: the FOCUS Act and the Impact of Crime on Public Building Usage Act.

With the new post-pandemic world we are now living in, it is time we review why taxpayers are paying for empty Federal office spaces, especially when, under this administration, there is now a work-from-home preference.

Mr. Marroni, you submitted testimony identifying challenges that undermine FPS's productivity and oversight of contract guards at Federal buildings leading to instances of prohibited items entering buildings undetected.

How much time do I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Oregon has 9\3/4\ minutes remaining.

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