Thad Cochran: “Thank you for your convening of this timely hearing for the nominee for Under Secretary of Rural Development at the…”

And I plan to use my best efforts to identify the areas that we can make improvements in, and take a hard look, but at the same time realize we need to get a bill.

Mr. Chairman, let me join you in congratulating our panel here and the participation you're bringing to this challenge.

This subcommittee will reconvene on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 10:30 a.m.

We want to know what the priorities are for funding.