Showing us those metrics is going to be very important.

Well, we should definitely do that.

I think your idea at Grand Forks is extraordinary and something we ought to look into.

I have put in legislation with Senator Pat Leahy to make sure that the Guard and all Reserve components can use both.

How are they going to be able to do their job so that they can handle what's going on on the southern border?

They're saying they don't have time to do their job securing the border because they need the three things I just mentioned: barriers, technology, and people.

Would you agree with me when you talk to your Border Patrol agents, they tell you they need barriers, physical barriers, technology, and people?

When I talk to the Border Patrol agents, they tell me they need barriers, technology, and people to address the situation.

how do you help them jump start their economies and get them going, particularly in regard to tourists?

We must ensure that our Native communities have the resources they need to recover and thrive.

Good farm policy benefits every American every day.

I rise today to talk about how Congress can work together in a bipartisan way to pass infrastructure legislation, following my colleagues from Ohio, from Wyoming, from Iowa--and my colleague from North Carolina is here as well--with a real…

Isn't there a value in resuming scheduled lease sales while Interior conducts its review so that we can fully realize the resulting job creation and revenue benefits?

Good to be here with you.

Every single American benefits every single day from good farm policy.

You know, when you look at the cost of equipment now for our farmers, it is just unbelievable.

What can we do to make sure that these programs actually are usable to you and to others that are working not only in agriculture, but rural America?

It is truly an honor and a privilege work on behalf of our farmers.

I would ask that for the other witnesses as well, and we could kind of go in the order that you gave testimony.

We must strive to uphold our trust and treaty responsibility to this Nation's tribes, and that includes ensuring Indian Country has the resources and tools necessary to provide quality education to students who attend Bureau of Indian…

So if we are not able to develop oil and gas resources in this country, will that shift production to countries like Russia and to Saudi Arabia and Venezuela that have lower environmental standards than we do?

Do you realize that if you were a mineral owner in North Dakota and you owned the surface acres, but that if you share some of that mineral ownership with federal--with Interior, and Interior has no surface acreage, that your moratorium…

Will you commit to ensure that the CCC funding, Commodity Credit Corp, continues to go for the priorities in the farm bill, as it always has?

We would love to have you out there.

accelerating the deployment of carbon capture technology is the single most effective thing we can do to lower emissions, while keeping the lights on for families and our economy.