Climate change is real, it is here, and the failure of this or any committee in Congress to take action will have real human costs.

Most important to this issue is the reality that human caused climate change has increased droughts; in turn, this has increased fire risk and prevalence in the West.

Rather than supporting H.R. 7978 in the name of fire safety, we urge support by the House for legislation which focuses on science-based methods to mitigate wildfire risk.

H.R. 7978 is a misguided step in the wrong direction that will not adequately protect communities from wildfire.

We believe it is appropriate and necessary for policymakers to seek solutions to the tremendous challenges posed by today's unprecedented wildfires, including taking actions to aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle the…

I appreciate the remarks of the gentlewoman from New York and the comments of the gentleman from Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4975. Midlothian resident Dorothy Braden Bruce--or Dot, as she was widely known--embodied…

I continue to think that repeated attempts to cut public health programs... I really cannot help but wonder about the role that PREDICT could have played in the lead-up to COVID-19.

I want to thank you by expressing my appreciation for the speed with which USDA implemented the Farmers to Families Food Box Program.

Virginia received nearly 3 million fewer pounds of food than would have been expected if the program had been administered under the formula utilized by TEFAP.

I do want to implore you that, in the future, to engage a little bit more aggressively than what we have seen in the immediacy of the crisis, particularly with food banks and our food bank networks.

I do want to specifically ask, why did USDA elect not to utilize a need-based formula like the one used under TEFAP when distributing this aid?

NATO does more to support U.S. interests than many people realize or could imagine.

We know that Russia is known for using proxy actors to carry out violence while maintaining its level of deniability.

I feel like the national security decisionmaking process has broken down.

During my time as a CIA case officer I saw the impacts of tools that I consider to be part of the dictator's playbook.

With this information, we can make better decisions about how to best update these thresholds. If we are going to keep our rural businesses, our farms, and our students competitive into the next century, we need to recognize that the…

We thank you for your attention to this important matter and look forward to your response.

We believe that the Farmers to Families Food Box Program can be an essential lifeline for those who need it.

We are truly grateful for the USDA's swift actions to set up the Farmers to Families Food Box Program.

We are also deeply concerned that only one food distributor in the state, DeLune Corp, was awarded a contract through the program in the first round of approvals.

This quantity is far less than the amount that would be allocated if the program were administered under the same formula utilized by The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

We write today to express our grave concerns about the distribution of contracts under the Farmers to Families Food Box Program.

PPP has been a, quote, 'godsend'--yes, that is the word he used--for his businesses and his employees.

The implementation of PPP has been unfair to many American businesses, and rescinding this burdensome requirement would allow our businesses to use these loans to cover expenses related to their unique individual circumstances.

Our next package must include additional funding for States and localities, including my rural counties in central Virginia, to address the challenges caused by decreased tax revenue.