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

Thank you, Chief Moore. I appreciate that.

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.

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

I don't think that it serves us to be starving people abroad. I think that it helps Americans for us to be feeding people all over the world.

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.

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Robust and fair trade agreements are not outdated tools, rather they can protect our agricultural interests.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

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

Without a robust and forward-thinking trade agenda, our producers risk being excluded from markets.