You recognize and agree that it is important work, correct?

I like the idea of vouchers. I like the idea of dealing with the demand side.

This is legislation that Senator Coons and I introduced last session, reintroduced it, good bipartisan support from the Committee.

The idea that somehow they would have to subsidize somebody who makes three times as much money just because their credit score was better than that person just makes zero sense to me.

A demand side without a supply side, with inadequate balance of incentives, really does not do a heck of a lot of good.

It is incredibly important work.

I think it is a really awful idea, that you would punish the high performers this way.

It is hard and they know it, and if they didn't know it before COVID, they knew it just like everybody did after COVID.

Even in a state like North Dakota, just the varying different communities even within one state are so varyingly different from one another.

It is just something we have to get on, and this is not one of those that we should wait three or four more administrations before we deal with it.

It's very important that Reclamation help us with funding that project.

This is an incredible project and frankly do you consider this, the Red River Valley Flood Protection Project, really a national model and are you committed to completing it and getting it done on time and as planned?

I helped write the legislation. I am not guessing on this one.

It is incredibly important work.

Dakota Access Pipeline, with which you're very familiar, moving more than half a million barrels a day of energy.

Having reliable access to the internet and technology is absolutely essential for 21st century education.

And you understand the importance of the project and getting the EIS completed?

You recognize and agree that it is important work, correct?