I think that is well said, and I would just observe, Mr. Chairman, that although we had some hyper-partisan comments...

We also know how important it is when EPA is making a decision that they include the state in those decisions...

I would observe that a number of my colleagues have talked about railroads today, in really dark, I think, starkly dark terms, in essence, saying that their existence is a symbol of historic oppression to people of color.

You get a lot of people bonded out on a $20 bond, for something where if you did that in Mitchell, you'd be doing six months in jail.

I can't imagine anything but good coming from tribal law enforcement training alongside the state's law enforcement.

You're stuck with this big doughnut hole, where the tribes don't have the authority to fill that gap, and the federal government doesn't have the capacity to fill that gap.

This is an idea whose time has come, but unfortunately mired in gridlock.

I filed some legislation back in January, the Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act. It has 104 cosponsors.

The reality is Scott is among the very most trusted policy voices in South Dakota. And as I thought about why that is, it's because so many people in politics, they are dramatic, and they are hyperbolic, and their hair is always on fire.

On one hand, it is sufficient to describe my friend, Scott, as a third-generation producer from Volga. That's important and noble work, so, it's a good description. But on the other hand, it doesn't tell the whole story.

The American Farm Bureau Federation continues to be supportive of the IIJA that made essential investments to our nation's infrastructure.