I believe this is an important topic that warrants review by the Committee, and I urge the Committee to plan, as soon as possible, to have a hearing.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and again, we are very grateful for your willingness to serve.

It is important USDA has a General Counsel who can be relied upon by Congress and the agriculture community to provide sound, practical, and candid legal guidance to the Department.

I remain opposed to any effort to shoehorn the establishment and operation of a 'carbon bank' into the CCC authority.

the NBA and WNBA and their players unions have come out and demanded that the Senate support the George Floyd Policing Act.

today the Senate will vote on Kristen Clarke's nomination to head the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division--one of the most powerful positions at the Department of Justice. I will, of course, oppose her nomination. We get a lot of…

DOD is engaging in a broad-based effort to leverage commercial technology for the fulfilment of its space requirements.

Yes. The U.S. Space Force has a dedicated office for enhanced coordination with the U.S. commercial space launch industry.

So longstanding deterrence theory, you have always had deterrence by denying the benefits of attack, as well as deterrence by the potential imposition of unacceptable costs.

So I object to the creation of a quick reaction force, a $200 million expense to bring the National Guard into the picture. There is a protocol in place. We ought to exercise it. The way you do it is you act on intelligence. I also oppose…

Before I get to my prepared remarks, let me just respond to my friend from Ohio. When he speaks, he makes it sound like that what went on here yesterday on the vote on the 1/6 commission was not bipartisan. Let me remind the gentleman that…

The good news is we have an abundance of the world's greatest carbon sequestration machines--trees.

Critical race theory is the false and the odious theory that America is fundamentally racist to its core.

Thank you, Chairwoman Stabenow, for your interest and commitment in continuing this important conversation focusing on the forestry sector.

We need to keep our forests working and not pursue policies or incentivize practices that may impede the great story of our forest and wood products industries.

We must ensure foresters and landowners are able to operate with certainty, predictability, and transparency.

Active forest management, including prescribed fire and mechanical treatments, is critical to decreasing the frequency and scope of these events and protecting the overall health of our forests.

This legislation is a critical step toward addressing the physician shortage in our country.