I am deeply concerned about the impact of subsidized and dumped Canadian lumber imports on American businesses and jobs.

We need to preserve our leadership in this field.

Mexico is maintaining or enacting new restrictions on the U.S. that lack any scientific justification.

I will be brief. I again want to also thank you, Ms. Tai, for your willingness to serve.

The importance of fair trade, and the price of it being denied, is also well understood by the people of Idaho.

Our problem is not about whether to open our market further, it is in fact that too many foreign markets remain closed to us.

I am very concerned about getting a much stronger focus on IP protection in our U.S. trade negotiations and activities.

Put plainly, the United States does not just lose potential opportunities when its leaders fail to engage appropriately on trade.

A successful trade policy means more high-paying jobs.

I think it is important that we hear from them in person.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, I look forward to exploring these topics with our witnesses, and I thank you for calling this hearing.

I appreciate that, because one of my--as I said, I don't think anybody disagrees that we need to increase our investment in all of these renewable energies and clean energy and that type of thing.

it is not a technology issue; it is a political issue. That is what it comes down to now.

Is it a smart idea to unilaterally eliminate existing jobs simply because they happen to be in an industry that many of my Democrat friends find unfashionable?

We must begin new feasibility studies for both Cave Buttes Dam and the McMicken Dam to allow the Corps to evaluate flood risk management needs and safety modifications.

It is heartless, it is unconscionability, and I believe it is absolutely wrong.

I will tell you as former chairman of the Interior Subcommittee... you mean you could only rebuild it to the--to the state that just got destroyed by the hurricane?

President Biden has said that advancing a clean energy future and addressing climate change will be a strong focus of this administration.