He has already worked to help some farmers in New Mexico, in Rio Rico County, a predominantly Hispanic community, that were really treated unfairly under the Trump administration.

I know that I speak for many of my colleagues when I say the Federal response to PFAS contamination has been inadequate.

I'm actually working on Federal legislation to create a grants program under the Department of Labor in consultation with the national endowment for the arts to put creatives to work.

I definitely look forward to working with you when you are confirmed, and learning how Congress and the USDA can provide additional support and resources to these communities.

For there is always light, if only we were brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it.

I would argue there is every tool that is required right now to get this done, but what we need is rule promulgation so that way we can make sure we are helping these family farms.

historically the Department of Agriculture has faced charges and been found liable in court of discriminatory practices against socially disadvantaged communities.

I think this is a place that warrants additional focus, and particularly the idea of making sure that families can keep their base properties as well as part of the process of resolving some of these conflicts.

the backlog is not delays because of environmental permits, NEPA processing, or lawsuits, just because we have not adequately funded these projects and because of staff constraints.

I think your concept of marrying up the need for firefighters throughout much of the year now, if not the entire year, with restoration as well, so that we can get the forests back in a condition where prescribed fire can actually be used…

we all recognize how many acres of forest need to be treated right now, both with hazardous fuels and more broadly towards a goal of restoration.

I am here as a daughter, niece, and granddaughter of Alzheimer's.

Senators Ben Ray Lujan and Collins introduced the bipartisan Equity in Neuroscience and Alzheimer's Clinical Trials (ENACT) Act.

I ask the Committee and other Members of Congress to support this bill to ensure current and future research includes increased numbers of Blacks, Hispanics, Asian and Native Americans in clinical trials.

We're going to wrap here in just a few minutes, but I do want to follow up on the question that Senator Boozman raised about sort of life cycle costs versus upfront costs and the relationship of that to building codes.

I did not know the role of DOE in sort of proving out those technologies.

I think it's something to be proud of that our services are helping to, you know, make that possible.

I think it's an important question to ask.