I hope that that factor is taken into consideration, given the importance of this Department

Bipartisanship is going to be really, really necessary if we're ever going to crawl out of our deep fiscal hole that we're in right now.

States know who the recipients are because they administer the SNAP Program, and they also know where the jobs are.

It would mean 6,600 farmers wouldn't get the credit they need to continue farming operations.

I mean our heart goes out. As a former governor, I have toured many tornado damaged sites, and it is absolutely devastating to people.

It would mean 84,000 farmers couldn't access the technical assistance they need to embrace conservation practices.

It would likely mean a loss of 40,000 rental assistance units in rural America.

If those budget cuts, even the most conservative budget cut, that is to say, putting it back to levels of several years ago, would result, not in an increase in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)…

No one ever addresses just how harmful their decarbonization dreams would be in practice.

There is nothing more foundational to a country's security and stability than its food supply.

I would strongly recommend and encourage you to revisit the rule on surprise billing and make sure we are protecting providers and patients.

I think that when you look at that added stress and anxiety-inducing situation, I think that there may be room for improvement there.

I see it as a lack of meaningful work to address the retention challenges.

I am very concerned when you say you are addressing the cartels in unprecedented ways.

I guess my biggest question is, when you look at 19,000 staff Border Patrol agents, which is what we have right now, funded for 19,800, 800 of those positions are currently open.

one of the biggest errors was in the establishment of Medicare, Medicare having different reimbursement for different States rather than a single reimbursement for a single procedure or a single visit

What I am happy to do is work with the Members of this Committee and others to pass the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (117th Congress--H.R. 1603), which could have solved this problem, Congressman.

It is zero. It is zero, Mr. Secretary.