Madam Chair, thank you and Ranking Member Boozman for holding this hearing to consider this nomination.

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 427 Ex.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz)…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 430 Ex.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) would have voted ``nay.'' The result was…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 69, nays 29, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 429 Ex.] YEAS--69 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Booker Brown Burr…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 431 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The PRESIDING OFFICER. (Mr. Lujan). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote or change their vote? The yeas and nays…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) would have voted ``nay.'' The result was…

It is very short-sighted of Mexico. We are all not--it--global climate change--it is a global climate change, not a U.S. climate change.

We will increase yields, we will reduce our carbon footprint, we will improve animal welfare, and, again, we are only going to do these things by embracing ingenuity, progress, and innovation.

There is a moral and a technological issue that is facing this Committee and society, how are we going to feed a growing world at the same time that we work to be good stewards of our environment?

I suspect all of our panelists know that Mexico recently published a decree announcing their intention to phase out a number of different important agricultural technologies.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from South…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from South…

social media has become a big part of a lot of Americans' lives: TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram. People turn to social media for connection, for entertainment, to stay on top of the news, for pictures of the grandkids, for…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 424 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin…

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