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I am truly grateful to Ranking Member Lucas for asking me to serve in this role.

Are there messages that can be relayed prior to going through security so that people get out of the line and remove their firearms if they in fact have firearms?

I also ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with my colleague Senator Graham. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

So, folks, I`m a survivor. I know firsthand what happens when someone you trust abuses you.

Unfortunately, this has not happened.

Last February, Secretary Becerra went before our committee.

Are you all concerned that having had this live-streamed inadvertently would yield to copycat attacks?

I went to school there and know the area very well.

Cattle ranchers have reduced emissions per pound of beef by more than 40 percent.

Dairy farms in the U.S. have the lowest greenhouse gas emissions of all our global competitors.

In Iowa the livestock industry has a great story to tell when it comes to sustainability.

Congress needs to be investing in more resources towards conservation programs for research and technical assistance.

This market trend will provide more opportunities for farmers who are on the cutting edge of sustainability.

I think everybody agrees, or most everybody agrees that changes are necessary. Where there is disagreement is precisely how to structure those changes to deal with the regional difference in dairy.

If you have too many competing proposals, essentially, you're back to the same old same old and it makes it more difficult because it's easier to sort of stalemate the process.

Dairy stakeholders will have to all agree on one dairy pricing plan before opening a hearing.

Well, and I think for Members, this is one of the very rare opportunities for bipartisan work in the carbon sequestration space, so I appreciate that.

We recognize that there could be improvements made to the funding allocation to ensure that there is an equitable distribution of funds based on current poverty rates across states.