John Hoeven

The plan, the six-point plan that you put forward is simply a plan to have more people come through faster and to process them quicker.

Why don't you enforce the tools you have?

1.7 million illegal encounters last year, more than one million so far this year.

The Supreme Court told you to enforce the Migrant Protection Protocol. That decision came down in August. Why are you not enforcing it?

Do you have preparations in your budget if Public Health Order 42 is lifted and how many more illegal encounters do you anticipate having?

How many people through Remain in Mexico have you enforced under the Supreme Court directive? Because last I checked, it was about 400 people total.

How can you say what you're doing is in any way effective, and are you the least bit concerned that people are coming in here illegally from a hundred different countries?

Meaning you're just going to have more people come across faster. Your plan is designed to have more people come across faster. Is that what you're saying?

The public health emergency declaration in 2020 allows the FDA to issue emergency use authorizations.

I think it really does also correlate into being ready to prevent the next kind of pandemic, so we don't have what happened with COVID-19.

I think the public very much wants just given what is going on and has gone on nowadays with COVID and everything else.

FDA plays a critical role in advancing the safety and prosperity of our Nation.

I joined with Senators Thune, Klobuchar, and others, and we passed the Ocean Shipping Container Act through the Senate.

We can't have more regulation red tape, we have got to cut through this.

When are we going to see some of these supply chain problems ameliorate?

You would just keep going?

Okay. And so when do you anticipate funding announcements then for round three?

Rural broadband, obviously you have got significant funds in terms of rural broadband, and obviously it is a priority, and I think a bipartisan priority so, you know, what is--where are you at with getting those dollars out, and what is…

Okay. Well, we are concerned it is going to take you above that range, and so again we want to make sure that that--you know, that those increases do keep it in that range, and we are not getting above it.

And once it is out, we would like you to have somebody get out there with us, and talk to the livestock groups, or in this case the commodity groups, the farm groups, so we can explain it, if that would--if that is something that you would…

I have asked if you would work on adjustment there.

Livestock Indemnity Program, again, we appreciate that, we have had blizzards, we have had some calf mortality, not only in our state but other places.

I appreciate that. But it is particularly that one category.

I have heard you say before that the Department of AG touches the lives of all Americans every day, and in every way and that is certainly true.

We appreciate the working relationship.