Judge Brailsford represents the best our State has to offer, and I hope you'll be able to support her nomination in this process.

This unbalanced approach does nothing to address Medicare's cost drivers.

Without further action, however, these policies will expire at the end of 2024, creating a coverage cliff for tens of millions of seniors across the country.

It is unbelievable. When you look at the technology and you go to the campuses and where all this technology is being produced, it just makes you so proud that we are taking care of the American farmer in this country, but I believe that…

We are fortunate that in America we are coming up with new, innovative treatments, and we are doing everything we can to accelerate them.

I appreciate that----

I would just encourage all of my colleagues in the Senate, but particularly the President, to engage with us in those kinds of negotiations.

These research efforts are the key to providing the tools for farmers and livestock producers to remain competitive.

We are not talking about trying to reduce benefits in Medicare or Social Security for our seniors.

Agricultural research programs also provide key information directly to agricultural producers.

Well, thank you. And encourage us as strongly as you can to get that legislatively done.

I encourage your Department, Mr. Secretary, to focus on our shared goals, from cost-cutting competition to sustainable telehealth access.

I appreciate the U.S. Department of Agriculture's collaboration with this important land-grant institution.

I really object to taking it away from them and putting it somewhere else.

Thank you for holding this hearing to review vital research initiatives undertaken to strengthen and sustain American agriculture.

Chairman Baird and Ranking Member Spanberger, thank you for allowing me to participate in this Subcommittee hearing to review vital research initiatives undertaken to strengthen and sustain American agriculture critical to farm production…

We are talking about a potential repeal of the 2002 AUMF.

I continue to strongly disagree with the International Criminal Court's prior actions relating to the Afghanistan situation with regard to U.S. personnel and maintain our longstanding objection to the Court's assertion of jurisdiction over…