You can have your cake and eat it too if we do it right in terms of managing these resources.

Congratulations on assuming this. You are the right person for this job, and I am grateful.

I would kind of like to hear what you think.

We can look to the future on biomass and value-added products, at the same time keeping that legacy of outdoor usage.

It has been obvious since you came to Congress, you have been a champion of rural issues, rural America, and done it in a positive, visionary way.

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Thank you not just for being a friend of agriculture but being a friend of rural America.

A diverse rural economy is the strongest hedge we have against economic downturn and natural disaster.

While I am disappointed in how some of this rolled out, I also think putting it in the context of where the private sector is at on this.

I think this last part that was being brought up is actually critical.

The private sector input into this is going to be critical.