Thanks, Chief, appreciate it very much. And again, Thank to the Chairman and Ranking Member.

So, you think by restricting access, by slowing down permits, and by increasing royalty rates, that increases supply?

the Congress, on a bipartisan basis, voted against the rule.

I do prefer States' authority, of course. I think the Supreme Court does as well.

You need to keep that in mind.

And so that was really the effort behind the Joint Chiefs' Legislation that Bennett and I have.

U.S. oil production is down nearly a million barrels a day since the current Administration took office.

I worry that the EPA is still presuming authority that it doesn't have.

The Biden administration is calling the shots that were started during the Obama administration's war on coal.

Well, you and I have talked about doing that, and I think that is important, but it also goes to right now 80 percent of the farm bill is essentially transfer payments, SNAP, nutrition, those kinds of things.

Good farm policy benefits every single American, every single day, because our farmers and ranchers produce the highest quality, lowest cost food supply in the world.

The average person in our country has a bank balance of around $5,000. And those folks, because of the actions of the regulators and this Administration, will now be bailing out those who had balances of $5 million.

Would you agree that by supporting that farm network the way I think we are both talking about actually produces more food, more variety, and lower costs that benefit all those other programs?

Would you agree that by supporting that farm network the way I think we are both talking about actually produces more food, more variety, and lower costs that benefit all those other programs?

I understand the importance of the sugar program. Absolutely.

They should be market-based, not a large government-funded program.

Are you committed to making sure that all these different programs we are talking about are truly farmer friendly and not mandatory, so that we can support agriculture in its diversity out there?

A failure of the bank, a failure with the regulators, and without any question, a failure at the top, which is the President of the United States, that created an inflationary effect that we haven't seen.