I have seen solar panels taking up agricultural land for over a decade.

I consider us walking and chewing gum at the same time.

I think we have a bit of a policy crisis.

You have seen fit to disregard it.

I think if you were to eliminate those, you would open a wide door of intellectual property theft.

Mr. Regan, these are the realities that specialty crop growers in my district and in Florida, Texas, and California, and everywhere else have to contend with.

We want to be sure that whether it is our TCTAC program or our Closing the Wastewater Gap for this $150 million in technical assistance, that we are blanketing the country and not leaving any communities behind.

I believe the WOTUS that we have constructed will provide certainty and durability, right, and I think it will give a better opportunity for our farmers to have more security.

If we do not focus on the primary goals so the taxpayers can be more satisfied, then we are going to lose.

the lack of certainty and the risk of having your IP rights stripped has an absolute chilling effect on businesses.

This Administration is the first Administration to ever set a drinking water standard for PFAS.

Your policies are causing it, Mr. Secretary. Congress set an objective in law. You haven't pursued it.

The left is going to say it is all about finding a handful of billionaires and trillionaires.

I am committed to making sure they endure.

I really believe that that idea of the whole-of-Government when it comes to enforcement, when it comes to commerce, that we need to sit down and stop playing checkers and start playing Go.

As the agency has acknowledged, these operations are disproportionately concentrated in low-income communities and communities of color.

There have been several lawsuits brought against EPA recently for its failure to strengthen its Clean Water Act program.

Thank you for your testimony. It is nice to see a fellow North Carolinian and an Aggie in the committee room.