I mean, look at the price of a tractor or a combine or any kind of tillage equipment, the price of land, your cost of inputs, right? I mean, is it not just common sense that we have got to increase both the guarantee limit and the loan…

In fact, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has estimated that we need over $3.6 trillion of infrastructure investment by 2020 to remain competitive.

Our nation's infrastructure network serves as a foundation of our national and economic security and competitiveness.

It is imperative that we revitalize and maintain the roads, bridges, ports, rail, airports, water systems, and information networks of this country.

I think it is vital that this committee continue to work to fully appropriate the amounts authorized by the FAST Act.

Any renegotiation on NAFTA, we have to be careful to make sure it is good for agriculture when we are talking about Canada or Mexico.

I feel like that trade is just the number one.

Thank you to Senator John Hoeven, and the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for scheduling a field hearing on the topic of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act.

If that is the position of the Department of Justice, that when we actually engage in a friendly discussion, we lose our rights, I would suggest to every State government, they sue you immediately.

As you know, we sent a letter requesting that grazing, emergency grazing be allowed on CRP acres. That was granted.

So therefore, it would not make much sense to have a Benefit Cost Ratio at the office of Management and Budget that gives absolutely no credit whatsoever for somebody coming in and putting up half the money for a project.

The administration, the Office of Management and Budget has committed to me that both OMB and the White House are committed to changing it.

I appreciate it. And when I see Senator Franken, I will tell him we are working hard on these carbon capture projects.

My request to you is, would you ask your Office of Fossil Energy to expedite the grant funding?

Our farmers and ranchers provide the highest quality, lowest cost food supply in the history of the world.

Well, again, I want to thank you for your outstanding work there for many years, in making a real difference.

We need to support ag research funding in the budget.

I want to express my very strong support for agricultural research.

Okay, so they have that covered?

I will be brief, but I beg your indulgence.

Talk for a minute about the Dickinson Parks and Recreation Department and their continued commitment to public access and recreation.

I have been there. I have seen the homes, they are very nice homes.

Which details their support.

We have taken that feedback into consideration and have worked with North Dakota Game and Fish to produce language that would also allow them to be conveyed the land that they currently lease.

Thank you for your testimony on S. 440. I appreciate your feedback on the bill and will continue to work with you on your suggestions.