Thank you, Chief Moore. I appreciate that.

We need to concurrently work on economic health of those communities.

Therefore, I respectfully request the committee to authorize robust funding for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in fiscal year 2024.

For many forested and rural communities, our National Forests are critically important for supporting jobs, providing a sustainable supply of timber, and promoting forest health.

Expanding trading relationships with new and emerging markets across Africa and Southeast Asia can offer substantial opportunities.

Agriculture is the backbone of most of the world's economies, and heavily relies on international trade.

Robust and fair trade agreements are not outdated tools, rather they can protect our agricultural interests.

Agriculture is the backbone to most of the world's economies, and heavily relies on international trade.

I will just share that the ambassador from India was--we sat for a 2 hour breakfast in Cary, North Carolina. He expressed a significant desire to improve trade with the United States.

We need to use the teeth in these agreements to get where we need to be at the end of the day.

We must take the necessary steps to hold Mexico to their agreements under the USMCA.

But I remain concerned that without a robust and forward-thinking trade agenda, our producers--large and small--risk being excluded from markets.