Thank you, Chairman Tiffany. It is another busy week for the Federal Lands Subcommittee, and today's overview of tribal forestry is an important and welcome focus.

making clear to the Congress... the unique funding needs and challenges

As a Republican Party, if we are going to offer good, solid policy answers to the real challenges we face in America, we have got to get past the lies. We have got to have credibility with the American public. I think we can do that, but…

For this community, these challenges that we are discussing today are tangible, lived reality.

the only pathway to peace will be if all of those groups have the right to live in security and dignity and safety.

Our rural communities do not have time to get drowned in the red tape that they are suffering from.

Small towns do not have the resources the big municipalities have to hire people whose only job is to figure out to get themselves through the USDA red tape.

Promises made, promises kept.

Thank you. We look forward to that, and Madam Chair, thank you for the opportunity to ask these questions.

At pandemic-level spending.

It took a pandemic to realize that you cannot train someone from home, that they need to be in person and connected to the team to actually learn how to do their job?

If you are going to have a call for increased meaningful in-person work, then we need to understand that timeline and actually be able to fulfill it.

Well, it is unfortunate that you even had to experiment with that and receive that feedback to understand that someone is not going to train well from home for a brand-new position.

Mr. President, I rise to commend a great public servant, John Swartout, for his dedicated service to the citizens of Colorado. After more than three decades of tireless service in the public policy arena, I congratulate John on the…

I do not think you are underfunded. You are funded at the Nancy Pelosi levels, at the Democrat levels.

Mr. President, I rise today to honor a great American and a U.S. Air Force civil servant, Ms. Charli Kiley. Charli distinguished herself through her outstanding service as the office manager and scheduler for the U.S. Air Force's Senate…

When the Ethics Committee says that he, George Santos, has brought Congress reputation into disrepute, I think that's fairly significant.

I think that George Santos has shown that he doesn't have the character to serve in Congress and I think that he is likely to be expelled.