I urge all the members of this committee to support this important legislation.

Bipartisanship is going to be really, really necessary if we're ever going to crawl out of our deep fiscal hole that we're in right now.

I would strongly recommend and encourage you to revisit the rule on surprise billing and make sure we are protecting providers and patients.

No one ever addresses just how harmful their decarbonization dreams would be in practice.

I took care of my mother with Alzheimer's the last 2 years of her life. And I would say that for CMS to deny coverage of a medication that has been shown and approved by the FDA that could benefit those with Alzheimer's, I think there, you…

I think my predecessor did that as well.

investments in research that create new opportunities; new income opportunities, is a way of maintaining those small- and mid-sized farming operations

we have had a record year in farm income in the last 2 years; however, that bounty has not been fully shared by all farmers

As the representative of over 50,000 veterans in my district, I believe we must ensure that VA medical facilities are acting in the best interests of their patients.

I mean our heart goes out. As a former governor, I have toured many tornado damaged sites, and it is absolutely devastating to people.

What I can tell you, Senator, and I will get a specific answer to that hypothetical.

If those budget cuts, even the most conservative budget cut, that is to say, putting it back to levels of several years ago, would result, not in an increase in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)…

Transparency, the sunlight is an incredibly important tool.

I would say, frankly, that as a Nation we have underfunded research in agriculture for far too long.

States know who the recipients are because they administer the SNAP Program, and they also know where the jobs are.

the goal of this budget, frankly, is to invest in a stronger America, and to expand our middle class

It would mean 84,000 farmers couldn't access the technical assistance they need to embrace conservation practices.

An inclusive agriculture and rural life must be part of a shift to a bottom-up, middle-out system.