Farmers and ranchers depend on roads, bridges, and rail to safely transport these goods to market.

I am supportive of the work of the coalition of more than 100 ag organizations to modernize the ag exemptions to the hours-of-service rule and provide flexibility for haulers.

Instead of focusing on COVID relief to help get the economy going, some of the discussions in some of the bills like the Rescue Plan have very little funding for vaccine distribution efforts.

Thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak with you about transportation and infrastructure priorities for the First Congressional District of Kansas.

I urge you to work with me to help bring voice to my community.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. Thank both of our witnesses for joining us.

Plain and simple, this is a violation of the sanctity of ancestral lands of Indigenous peoples.

So what are the challenges that we have in ramping up our production?

Are those programs receiving the support they need to deploy new capabilities from the lab to the force?

Last year, I met with a young girl named Vanessa from the San Carlos Apache Tribe. She talked about the importance of Oak Flat and what the sacred site means in a young woman's coming-of-age ceremony.

I thank the gentleman, my neighbor from Oklahoma, for yielding. And I thank the gentleman from Maryland, our chairman of the Small Business Committee, for his cooperation. Our amendment will allow farmers and ranchers categorized as a…

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to complete my remarks. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I guess I am past my time, but I have been told we could take all the nuclear waste in the United States and put it on one football field and if we just had a place to do that.

I think my first question will probably be to Ms. Roma. I am just shocked to see these nuclear plants being retired, in my opinion, prematurely.

I would love to have a commitment that you would work with me and others

I appreciate your willingness to cooperate and your understanding of the tremendous challenge

I cannot imagine there is another member of the United States Senate that I have teamed up with that has resulted in more legislation being passed and more legislation being signed into law.

I have never understood the decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce Community Care during the pandemic.