So you obviously have a hospital that is not functioning entirely as it should.

So there is no modular hospital on one of the major islands, and that modular unit is estimated to be in place at what time?

I am going to use this time, rather than asking you questions, just outlining for my colleagues the kind of situation that Virgin Islanders face.

I just wanted to get straight to the questions.

The situation is very grave and very critical.

Help us in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Help us in all of the U.S. territories.

Recovery continues to be an ongoing process. My farmers and ranchers need tools that not only help them survive but thrive in the face of a changing climate.

These disasters, driven by an increasingly variable climate, pose serious threats to the domestic agricultural industry and the rural communities depending on this sector.

If we want our agriculture sector to remain competitive, particularly when operating in an increasingly variable climate, we must bolster the resources available to producers.

Farmers and ranchers are an integral partner in the fight against climate change.

We encourage you to reinvigorate Federal investments into extension activities.

Any reforms to USDA's research agencies must have clear benefits to ag research and be conducted in a transparent manner.

This proposal will undermine the integrity of these agencies and their ability to operate, and it was followed by an FY20 Budget Request which proposed cutting the number of ERS employees in half.

The decision to relocate ERS and NIFA lacks transparency and is not supported by an overwhelming majority of the stakeholders who partner with the agencies.

Secretary Perdue's claim that the research agencies are better served elsewhere is misconstrued.

As the Delegate for the Virgin Islands, I represent the University of the Virgin Islands, a land-grant university, and it has skin in the game, as do the territory's small-scale producers who benefit from fully staffed agencies.

We believe that there needs to be a permanent statutory fix that addresses the unfair and disparate treatment all territories face in their Medicaid programs along the lines of H.R. 1354, the Territories Health Equity Act.

And that is woefully inadequate.

Medicaid is our people's and our territory's lifeline for medical care services.

We are requesting a 100 percent Federal Medicaid matching rate be extended to the U.S. Virgin Islands for 2 additional Federal fiscal years.

We made a difficult decision to deny the referral of this child because we didn't have the local match.

Unless Congress acts, we will be faced with potentially catastrophic damage to our Medicaid program and our healthcare system.

Earlier this month, Governor Rossello submitted Puerto Rico's official Medicaid ask to Congress: $15.1 billion in funding at an 83 percent FMAP for 5 years.

But loss of that funding puts healthcare delivery at risk, not just for Medicaid recipients in our islands, but for the population at large.

We look forward to working together to address the immediate issue of the impending Medicaid fiscal funding cliff.