I am honored to have been confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a bipartisan word, and very proud to be serving our nation's 33 million small businesses.

the Supreme Court's decisions have an impact on a lot of different things that you may not think is being resolved or addressed by the Supreme Court.

I hope this Administration thinks differently and realizes that Hawaii is basically the invasive species capital of the world.

There is a lot more focus in the Judiciary committee even on the visas that will enable our farms to keep going.

We have welcomed the new head of Rural Affairs.

So clearly, there are a lot of grants that have been made available, by the way, through some of the really huge bills that have been enacted by Congress.

I think that we need to recognize how important it is for flexibility for USDA.

we need to be able to share water.

I think that kind of focus effort to purchase local by the Department of Education, you know, is--I have been trying to get them to put fresh pineapple in our school lunches.

I think that kind of awareness and cooperation is really going to be part of the lessons learned.

We don't have a Forest Service presence here as such, but we did meet with some Forest Service people.