I am here to speak in support of increased funding for agricultural research for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiatives, NIFA's AFRI program.

It is especially meaningful to me because I represent some of the areas that Abe Lincoln spent his youth and his career in and around Springfield, Illinois.

In North Dakota, you said that Native American voter turnout for the 2018 midterm elections set an all-time high for a midterm election in North Dakota.

Voting is a fundamental right, and we need to ensure that all Americans, including Native Americans, have access to it.

The programs we authorize in this committee provide $1.5 billion annually and account for 3.2 percent of all Highway Trust Fund outlays.

While I don't have--like Chairwoman Norton, I don't have Tribal lands in my district, I do have land managed by Federal agencies like her, with the National Park Service.

Addressing the needs of those testifying today is absolutely linked to this backlog.

The Springfield Race Riot National Historic Monument would preserve and protect resources associated with the 1908 Springfield race riot and its role in the formation of the NAACP.

I believe reports say there were centralized voter registration systems, even one in my home State of Illinois.

To your knowledge, has a foreign state ever successfully breached or hacked any of your vote tallying election machines?

I find it interesting during the first round of questions Chairperson Lofgren talked about some of the areas where you all agree that the Federal Government needs to work with you.