January 6th was not a one-off. This is something that was built for months.

I think that makes sense. And first, I have to say, Chris, representing and living in Michigan my whole life, the majority of people in Michigan are horrified by all of what has happened in our own capitol and to our governor, as well as…

No, it`s not proper. And I have to tell you that what we have supported, whatever the house managers needed in time and so on, but we`ve not sat down with them. That is, of course, not appropriate to do.

I look forward to working with both of you on this Committee.

I will be soon introducing legislation with my Budget Committee friend and colleague Senator Braun that is going to make much-needed reforms in the Buy American Act.

one thing you can say about Americans, we know how to meet the moment. When the world was upended by a Great Depression and a quarter of our people were out of work, we took bold action. A brandnew President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and…

it is wonderful to see you in the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. My first time.

Our drumbeat is that whatever is done, it needs to be voluntary, producer-led, and bipartisan.

Our strong relationship is really one of the best things about our Committee, and it makes it easier to put aside partisan politics and get things done.

I could not agree more. I know there are a number of different bills that we will want to be looking at as well.

I share Senator Boozman's concern about markets and trade, and what we need to do to get stability back for our farmers and our ranchers.

Thank you very much. Senator Hyde-Smith, I am looking forward to working with you on the issue of timber.

We know that we need to put the leadership in place for our farmers, ranchers, families at the USDA.

Governor Granholm knows how to meet big challenges because she has done it before.

I really applaud this Committee for the Energy Act of 2020, because there was so much in there that demonstrates bipartisan support for these new technologies.

These are big challenges, and big challenges require big solutions.

I am a huge advocate and proponent of the SuperTruck program and the Department of Energy has pushed to continue to expand that.

I look forward to supporting her nomination enthusiastically, and I am excited about the new Michigan energy she will bring to the Department of Energy.

I totally get the concern about job losses.

I am so pleased to be partnering with our incoming Chair, Senator Manchin, to focus this on particular states where there has been this transition.

I appreciate very much your partnership in that and your willingness to work hard for us to work through what we needed to do to help people in the lead water crisis in Flint.

I am anxious to put those kinds of things in place as quickly as we can.

We have to get ahead of this.

Consumer incentives are critical.

I cannot think of anyone with more competence, more experience, more integrity, to serve as Secretary of the Treasury.