I strongly urge you to withdraw the proposal or completely rework it.

Very good. That is so important, you know, things, little things that are huge things getting countries, the regions at just the world food price, you know, as opposed to not having the competition, you know, it is so important.

Very good. Well, thank you. We appreciate you and your staff's hard work.

Thank you all for holding this really important hearing.

It is imperative that we hire and retain the best and brightest talents that this country has because our veterans and their families deserve the highest levels of care and support for the sacrifices that they have made in protecting our…

We appreciate it. Again, fragile economy; we just want to make sure that access to credit is not impaired even more.

With approximately 3 million veterans living in rural communities and more than half of them over the age of 65, it is imperative that the rural medical facilities are properly staffed.

We have had a problem with VA administrators being there for short periods of time or detailed to other places, really having a situation where you have got a leaderless VA.

The markets have been very resilient, and again, we want to allow our farmers and others to manage risk.

In reality, those costs will be passed down to customers via higher banking costs, and I am concerned that Arkansans will have to subsidize Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank's deposits.

The VA CAREERS Act is a crucial piece of legislation aiming to reduce vacancies and staffing shortages at the VA.

In the 2024 budget, the State Department has a lot of money for infrastructure, ports, things like you are describing; do you all work together?

My point is that when you are going to spend $300 billion, you come to Congress and you say, 'This is a problem. We need to address it. Let us work together to sort it out.'

I am certain that all my colleagues on this Committee are concerned about the hollowing-out of our States and our country and the impact that this will have on the future of America.

I certainly would agree with that, and those are areas that, again, I think we could really get some real bang for the buck.

My point is that when you are going to spend $300 billion, you come to Congress and you say, 'This is a problem. We need to address it. Let us work together to sort it out.'

Will the producers be made aware of how the data that is generated from projects they are involved in, how it may be used?

The headwinds for our producers are great.

Who will control the data, and who is responsible for its protection as well as the protection of the producer privacy?

I just do not think it holds water.

The President has been very insistent on returning to a number of harmful, overreading regulations.

The President has been very insistent on returning to a number of harmful, overreading regulations.

The idea that an agency can spend $300 billion without congressional direction--the Inflation Reduction Act was only $750 billion. This was a massive amount of money, and it was not done right.

I just do not think it holds water.

When will you start accepting ABAWD waivers?