I share the goal of many of my colleagues here today to focus these abundant resources first and foremost on the areas that are unserved.

I am concerned about folks that are underserved that are going to be left behind, and it is good enough for them.

I appreciate the focus today on the potential to expand workforce development under Title VI, and I believe it is vital that we change the paradigm on what it means to develop our nation's workforce, particularly in our rural communities.

Since its inclusion in the previous farm bill, from 2018 to 2022 this program has created over 3,000 jobs, and has saved almost 5,000 jobs, and has created 300 new businesses.

I think every Member of this Committee has seen firsthand how tight the current labor market is, particularly in rural communities, with too many vacancies and too few applicants.

Natural gas has taken more carbon out of the atmosphere to date than electric vehicles have in total.

Look, natural gas has taken more carbon out of the atmosphere to date than electric vehicles have in total.

We need to let the market prevail, and if we do so, we have the opportunity to provide goods and services not only to the people of this country, but also to be able to maximize the value to investors.

Legacy IT systems continue to plague both our state and our Federal Governments, and this was made very evident by the challenges that my home state of New York faced in the Department of Labor during the COVID pandemic.

Due to the lack of regulatory clarity, that many firms are choosing to domicile their companies in jurisdictions that do have clarity.

I think the technology of payments is important. And, it is possible that countries could move away from using the dollar as a payment mechanism.