Jerry Moran

I question whether the Department is sufficiently investing in efforts to address these threats.

I am disturbed by the proposals to dramatically expand the Department's authority to regulate the ownership of firearms by law abiding citizens.

I am troubled by the lack of attention given to DEA in this budget request.

I believe that applying this executive order to the U.S. Marshals Service is a serious mistake.

I would ask do you believe if local and regional purchases are not the viable option and purchases of U.S. food and commodities ought to be given preference before purchases from foreign sources.

Kansas farmers take significant pride in that scene in which their product that they tend and nurture and eke out of the ground is put in the position in which it can save lives.

I certainly want you to allow U.S. farmers the opportunity to provide food from international sources when they're not available to purchase.

I just would ask you to commit to reviewing and updating that bulletin to ensure that food and commodities from our own country's farmers is not passed over.

I want to highlight one of the things that is important to me in regard to food aid.

I think home builders, and realtors, and others need the opportunity to have some input, to see if we can find a solution.

The increasing prevalence of cyber attacks, in my view, makes it imperative for the Department to better protect its digital infrastructure.

I would also indicate that I have had this conversation with the trade ambassador at USTR, which puts us back to negotiating an agreement with Canada.

In my view, we need to find a short-term solution if the countervailing duties are going to stay in place and are going to be increased.

I believe that last week's announcement threatens even further challenges to those who are trying to figure out how to replace the deck on their house, or build a new home, or even find a home, already existing.

Kansas will soon be the home to the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility.

If it is unclear how it is written, it will pursue legislative intent, but I have seen, on a number of occasions, in which, at least in my view, the VA implements the law as written, or legislative intent as it sees that it wants it to be.

Trust is an amazing thing, and it is what we have far too little of in this Congress.

If TRIO is a valuable program, which I believe it is, why would we create new programs with new funding, the $62 billion, without further utilizing the TRIO programs that already exist?

Thank you for your comments about the importance of toxic exposure and the need for Congress to act.

I think we can do some good things. But we all know that things do not happen by accident around here.

We have got to push the envelope, we have got to demand excellence, just like they do in the military.

I look forward to working with you to see we support Impact Aid and its ability to level the playing field in the finance of education in my State.

Madam Chair, thank you very much.

Chairman Tester, thank you. First of all, you raised the topic of the National Archives.

We have seen across many sectors of our economy the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. It has dramatically shifted the supply and demand for lots of products in unexpected ways. I am on the floor today to speak about the…