I applaud the Biden administration for selecting highly-qualified individuals who reflect the diversity of our great Nation.

I thank Mr. Gimenez for overseeing this and calling us together. Mr. Speaker, let's not forget what we have gone through in the last year and a half. In the last year and a half, personally, I have seen a campaign that we have had to run…

Fostering diversity is critical to building a culture that welcomes and celebrates varied perspectives and experiences and ensures the Coast Guard reflects the public it serves.

Like most of my colleagues here, I am very upset about the Biden administration's moratorium on new oil and gas leases.

We look forward to partnering in 'Building the Coast Guard America Needs'.

We must honor his service by working to ensure more minority cadets enter and graduate from the Academy.

I find it very hypocritical of the Biden administration to preach to us about the environment, but ignore this important component of offshore drilling called GOMESA.

I believe it is critical that we recognize the important role fossil fuel resources will play in meeting the demands of Americans.

I, too, rise in opposition to S. 1 and urge a no vote. The bill that the Senate will be asked to consider today is a truly radical piece of legislation. It turns out, because of that, it is an unpopular piece of legislation, the kind of…

What we have been seeing in the cattle markets--rock-bottom prices for fed cattle yet sky-high prices for boxed-beef--just defies the basic laws of economics, supply and demand.

They are being treated very unfairly right now, and I think that it is time for that to stop.

I have long had concerns about the lack of diversity in the Coast Guard, especially among its officer ranks and among its leadership.

I hope you will commit to reading these statements and responding to the concerns they raise.

The investigation made clear that the Lieutenant Commander's allegations were never investigated properly.

I am getting hundreds of calls from producers, from beef cattle producers that are saying, 'Cindy, what is wrong with this market?'

We have got to be the voice to protect this industry.

I applaud American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall for establishing a Cattle Market Working Group in April 2020.

No one is out to destroy any company, any industry. The packers are very vital in our industry, and we realize that.