it is aridification. It is the result of climate change and it is going to be at that level or potentially worse for the foreseeable future.

it's really captured the attention of the country, but for the Colorado Basin there are many other basins in the West that are experiencing the same dynamic, right?

I appreciated Secretary Vilsack's response to my recent letter on the need for sustained funding solutions for Taos Pueblo's management of the Blue Lake Wilderness.

This is exactly the kind of hearing that this Committee should be having is actual oversight and the fiscal responsibilities of the Federal Government.

Thank you for having this hearing. This is exactly the kind of hearing that this Committee should be having is actual oversight and the fiscal responsibilities of the Federal Government.

They are going to really do a lot of harm, a lot of harm to your agency.

Those cuts are going to be disastrous, disastrous for people at USDA, cutting rural programs, throwing families out of their homes, tossing them out of Medicaid and nutrition programs.

We are in a historic drought caused by climate crisis.

We were fighting Republicans' plan to default on America, to hold our country hostage until we agreed to a 22 percent cut from the agencies.

the only meaningful industrial policy in the last 30 years has been the Inflation Reduction Act, something that our Republican colleagues voted against.

it would be insane to default on our debt.

it would be insane to default on our debt.

the only meaningful industrial policy in the last 30 years has been the Inflation Reduction Act, something that our Republican colleagues voted against.

This judge has replaced his political agenda for the data-driven process used by the FDA.

The decisions the FDA makes, whether approving a medical device or approving a new drug, must be guided by science and data, not by political pressure.

This sets an incredibly dangerous precedent in terms of both women's reproductive rights but also the FDA's review of drugs.

Mr. Chairman, I rise today to stand with our trans kids and their freedom to be who they are. To all of our trans and LGBTQ+ kids who are watching today, let me just say that we see you, that we love you, and that you belong. Now, let's be…

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