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Thank you, Mr. Giacomi. Mrs. Cox?

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and I appreciate the opening comments from all three of our panelists today.

To say the process is daunting and the work tremendous is simply an understatement, and we have a lot of work to do.

Well, thank you, Madam Chairwoman. And thank you to our witnesses for sharing your time, your expertise with this Subcommittee.

I echo that. And I know not all states are the same, but in many states with half the companies trying to hire...

In Nebraska we have record low unemployment, but half the businesses are looking for employees, so we have a challenge there.

We need to stress the education here.

We should review that. I think our taxpayers expect us to take a look at that and reduce those costs.

We want to help people get out of poverty.

Our SNAP is a part of that safety net, and it is intended to be a supplement, but not 100 percent subsidy to offset costs.

As a great nation, we want to live up to our values and our morals and provide a good safety net to protect our citizens.

We have elevated more people out of poverty than any other country, and so we should keep that in mind.

I would like to just start by saying we are so blessed to live in this great country. We are the greatest of nations.

Forty percent of our corn goes to ethanol, so this is huge, so this is such an important part of the Midwest economy.

What is our response to that? Because I think that is really looming large on this industry.

I was really impressed by the work that they were doing and the impact that that was having on the community.

They feel like they have no voice in this Administration.

Most folks in our district want energy independence.