We have recently been able to get some data from the Department on maturing mortgages in Oregon, but it is important that across the Nation we know when mortgages are maturing so nonprofits can attempt to buy them in places where they…

I think that should focus a lot of minds here on Capitol Hill.

I want to thank you for these 8 years of service.

Since you offered, I just wanted to address the fire borrowing. Senator Wyden and I have been working with Senator Murkowski and have been chief advocates of ending fire borrowing.

The mega-fires, the large fires, should be treated as the natural disasters they are.

I appreciate this conversation about the Indian Health Service. It certainly serves a vital role in many parts of my home State of Oregon.

I think that's an area where we can help address some of the concerns that Senator Daines was mentioning in terms of how do we get more outcomes for the dollars invested.

The concept was that we could create a lot of jobs in rural America if people could take loans on their electric bill and be able to replace their windows or add installation.

I can tell you, in Oregon, the employment rate has not rebounded at all in rural areas the way it has in urban areas.

Well, the reason I wanted to raise this is I'd heard rave reviews about Alaska, and Oregon is the first State outside of Alaska to provide this.

Everywhere I go in Oregon, folks note the importance of it to the success of their rural communities.

I look forward to exploring with the Subcommittee the possibilities, because this will be very important to the housing stock in America.

$3,100 sounds like a very low number.

I stand with you shoulder-to-shoulder in the cause of mandatory labeling.

I ask unanimous consent that Tim Brown, a research follow on my team, be allowed privileges of the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

the genius of America was a government designed, as President Lincoln so eloquent summarized, ``Of the people, by the people, for the people.'' I will be rising periodically to address issues that affect Americans across our country and…

I know you have a lot of issues you are concerned about, and this is one you do care about.

Addiction to nicotine is a pathway to a lifetime of disease, a huge impact on quality-of-life for our children, huge cost to the healthcare system.

I am hoping you can take a look at it and see if we get your support to keep this network alive.

So we are officially in favor of mandatory education, and we think it is one of the most important things that could be done.

I believe that process will continue with additional funds that were made available from Reclamation.

If that is not a canary in the coal mine, I do not know what it is.

I know the tribe appreciates that as well.

Is it possible that the BIA could assist the tribe in some of these expenses that they are going to incur?

I want to thank you for these 8 years of service.