I do want to say thank you to my good friend Rod Wells.

This is a great recruitment and retention tool that many of the companies that you all represent ought to actually take advantage of.

Every sector is being crushed beneath the weight of this Administration's rampant spending agenda that is driving high costs and inflation.

We have to look under our jurisdiction to what we can do to invest in our SNAP Education and Training Program to get these families that are receiving benefits trained for the jobs that we know are open.

This has been a great opportunity to actually hear from some of the experts in the field.

Thank you, Chair Norton. I want to welcome everyone to today's hearing on the role of ferries in improving mobility.

You just need Government to do their job and to be able to use the Federal funds you have for a specific purpose.

My hope at this hearing is to draw attention to this problem, so that we can finally get the Federal Highway Administration and the Army Corps of Engineers to come together and find a solution.

It is critical that this Administration acknowledge Congressional intent and provide targeted relief to the biofuels industry.

Assistance must resume and action must be taken immediately to provide parity, and much-needed assistance to the biofuels industry.

Rep. Rodney Davis was there offering support to officers, and when he and I saw each other he came over and gave me a big hug.