You really don`t -- you really don`t remember what...

Let us get it to the areas that do not have it, as opposed to the areas that have pretty good that want better.

In 2019, there were about 16,000 murders in America. In 2020, there were more than 20,000. That`s a 25 percent increase in one year.

Since President Biden has taken office, food prices have increased by more than eight percent.

The actions of this Administration have certainly not been good for rural quality of life.

If your boots on the ground are not there, it is not happening.

Unfortunately, the current economic and policy environment is far from stable for our rural communities.

Competition is high, but also in these rural communities they do not have the ability to get the grant writers.

Again, inflation is such a difficult thing, you know, in so many different areas.

Judge, Congress did change the law after his sentencing in the FIRST STEP Act. That was a terrible mistake.

So, I suppose then, if you`re confirmed, we can just count on you to always rule in favor of retroactivity, no matter what the facts of the case are, because it was a blatant, blatant rewrite of the law here, so you could reduce the…

You know, we say one thing, and yet--and again, you are the Federal Government. I am the Federal Government. We cannot continue to put additional burdens that actually go against what we are saying.

There is no question that families in rural America need access to affordable, quality health care, child care, and elder care in their communities.

Shouldn't we be doing everything in our power to address this and other issues that will very likely negatively impact global commodity markets for years to come?

Federal policies and regulations can have an outsized impact on the economy of rural America.

Congress did change the law after his sentencing in the FIRST STEP Act. That was a terrible mistake.

The common theme I hear from farmers and other rural Arkansans... is frustration with misplaced priorities and misguided policies.

I welcome Judge Jackson and her family, and I congratulate her on her nomination.