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

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

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

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…

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.

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

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 occasion of his…

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.

At pandemic-level spending.

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.

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?

I think it will get more and more momentum as individuals are home for the Thanksgiving break.

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 Legislative…

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.

He didn't receive due process the first time. He hadn't been convicted of a crime. The Ethics Committee hadn't investigated.

I also have an amendment to add funding to the IG's account, and this amendment takes no funds from public schools. This is simply giving more choice to families throughout our Nation. Transparency is good, and the argument that we just…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: On page 130, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $2,000,000)''. On page 131, line 17…