I recently received USDA's response to a letter I co-signed in July requesting an increase to available supplies of sugar.

Thank you all very much.

As an original cosponsor of the Homeland Procurement Reform Act, I am grateful that this legislation has been included in the America COMPETES Act. I will offer an amendment later today that strengthens provisions that support domestic…

I rise in recognition of the 36th anniversary of the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster and to pay tribute to the memory of all seven Challenger crewmembers: Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnik, Francis Scobee, Ronald McNair, Michael Smith…

I am grateful to all of your families.

How will you ensure that the Office of Intelligence and Analysis has sufficient personnel and resources to assess and address all of the various terrorist threats to the homeland?

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for that courtesy and to you and the Ranking Member for this hearing.

International terrorists and homegrown violent extremists (HVE) continue to pose a great threat to our homeland security.

Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding this important hearing, the very first hearing dedicated specifically to addressing climate change in our Committee.

Not only does this flexibility cut a lot of unnecessary red tape, it still holds applicants to the same standards.

Just as Federal farm conservation efforts were born in the 1930s as response to the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, we must continue to grow and enhance these programs.

Sustainable forestry and conservation are in our blood in the Granite State of New Hampshire.

New Hampshire is the second most forested state in the nation, and we know very well that working forests already play an important role as carbon sinks.

As the chair of our bipartisan Addiction and Mental Health Taskforce, I very much look forward to working with you to transition from the post-COVID era to renew our attention to addiction in rural America.

We have had multiple, and I personally have had multiple conversations with producers from the northeastern part of the United States just discussing the unique marketing challenges that they face.

I believe this value-added program will only grow in demand as small family farmers and producers seek to diversify their products and make connections with local consumers.

As our nation transitions toward a clean-energy future, there is no question that rural America has a critical role to play in leading this charge.

Our forests also remain vulnerable to invasive pests like the emerald ash borer, as well as to the effects, as I have mentioned, of climate change.