I appreciate your emphasis on that.

We do love them to death. That is a good point.

I view the two challenges as interconnected, and believe that Russia and China are working in concert to reshape the international order to our disadvantage.

I care deeply about this subcommittee and the issues that you'll be handling.

I am very pleased to see that this budget request builds on the historic investments made in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act to improve the resilience of landscapes, reduce wildfire risks, and conduct…

I am also pleased your requests include investments for species conservation and preserving biodiversity. These are essential if we are to protect our cultural and natural resources for present and future generations.

Well, I want to switch to relate it by different topics. But to me, it creates a situation where you are rewarding very wealthy depositors and you are creating the need for a special assessment that is going to be imposed on those…

Defense has got all the money, by the way, so get Ms. McCollum to spend everything she can on it.

There is no safer place in the U.S. banking system to put your deposits.

Now, some of our colleagues, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, has recommended that we raise up to $2 million or even up to $10 million.

Returning to the 2022 funding levels would be devastating for the Fish and Wildlife Service for a number of reasons.

I will just talk a little bit more about PFAS. You know, I am not interested in being the expert in Congress on PFAS.

I view the two challenges as interconnected, and believe that Russia and China are working in concert to reshape the international order to our disadvantage.

I am pleased to see that your budget requests build on the historic investments made in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act to improve the resilience of landscapes, reduce wildfire risks, support clean energy…

I want to do a parochial issue on Maine's offshore wind.

I think we are the first State in the Nation to do that.

I remember in 2008 when it was raised from $100,000 to $250,000 during that financial crisis. Now, some of our colleagues, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, has recommended that we raise up to $2 million or even up to $10 million.

I am disappointed that I haven't received an answer to that letter which was sent more than a month ago.