Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, thank you, so much for all your service, and feeding America, especially the children. I appreciate it more than you know.

President Biden requested another 400 million of the ReConnect Program.

the determination about whether drugs are safe and effective needs to be left to the experts at FDA, not politicians and certainly not judges.

the Supreme Court is going to decide a case that really threatens access to medication abortion nationwide and seeks to undermine the FDA's authorities to approve and regulate medicine.

the rural areas do not get their proportion of shares.

Now, with all due respect to the Chairman, that is an interesting emission, isn't it?

Well, let me just say, in closing, I sincerely--in my lifetime I have never seen anyone has as much knowledge as you, and as much experience in this job, coming from where you came from, and also the states you represented, to being in…

the Supreme Court is going to decide a case that really threatens access to medication abortion nationwide and seeks to undermine the FDA's authorities to approve and regulate medicine.

a disproportionate contribution that speaks to our military.

Well, let me just say, in closing, I sincerely--in my lifetime I have never seen anyone has as much knowledge as you, and as much experience in this job, coming from where you came from, and also the states you represented, to being in…

That was the questionable pay to play where they would pay to present themselves before the FDA advisory committees.

it is as rural as it gets. And it is as wonderful, it is just wild and wonderful.

the services are just as needed.

Just a number of states have been affected beyond anybody's imagination.

the goal of this budget, frankly, is to invest in a stronger America, and to expand our middle class

investments in research that create new opportunities; new income opportunities, is a way of maintaining those small- and mid-sized farming operations

the rural areas do not get their proportion of shares.

we have had a record year in farm income in the last 2 years; however, that bounty has not been fully shared by all farmers