Thank you, Chairman McCaul and Ranking Member Meeks, for holding today's markup and for bringing up my legislation.

Even the President is accountable to Congress and to the power of the purse, and the CFPB should not be the exception to longstanding constitutional rules.

H.R. 4235 aims to improve public-private partnerships in developing and deploying the next generation wildfire technology.

I want to thank our Congresswoman, Young Kim, for her leadership on this issue.

It's really important that we provide the protection for women workers there too--the NGO workers.

This bill is a win-win for private entities looking to test their technologies at scale, and Federal land management agencies working to deploy emerging technologies to help first responders address wildfires and keep communities safe.

I am proud to see H.R. 4235, the Wildfire Technology Demonstration, Evaluation, Modernization, and Optimization Act, being considered in today's hearing.

I strongly support my friend Representative Kamlager-Dove's Young African Leaders Initiative, or YALI Act, which codifies the YALI program at the State Department.

There is a bill that I introduced, H.R. 316, Improving Federal Investigations of Organized Retail Crime Act.

I also stand ready to work with you on this issue.

National Forests with the most urgent trail and infrastructure maintenance needs must have adequate funding for staffing and resources.