Peter Welch

Just concretely, what can we do to help those younger farmers all across the country get access to the farmland they need?

The Regional Conservation Partnership Program in Vermont is successful but inaccessible in practical ways for some of our smaller farmers.

What can we do about that, given the market realities and the legitimate retirement concerns of the folks who have been farming that land for a long time?

It is nice to be on this Committee where everybody thinks you are doing great work.

Thank you, Senator Rosen.

So Senator Tester and I are working on something to try to protect our local pharmacies.

DIR fees are not meaningful measures of quality.

How in the world is that fair? Seriously. How in the world is that fair?

Thank you, Senator Rosen.

DIR fees are not meaningful measures of quality.

It is totally, completely unjustified and unfair.

So Senator Tester and I are working on something to try to protect our local pharmacies.

How in the world is that fair? Seriously. How in the world is that fair?

Thank you, Senator Rosen.

DIR fees are not meaningful measures of quality.

How in the world is that fair? Seriously. How in the world is that fair?

So Senator Tester and I are working on something to try to protect our local pharmacies.

If we don't have accurate maps, we have got to wait until we do get them.

There is a huge tension. And I understand why the Commerce Department wants to get the money out.

Can you pledge as a Commissioner that you will do your level best to work with Congress in an effort to get to the bipartisan approach?

Can you pledge as a Commissioner that you will do your level best to work with Congress in an effort to get to the bipartisan approach?

There is a huge tension. And I understand why the Commerce Department wants to get the money out.

If we don't have accurate maps, we have got to wait until we do get them.

I have two real concerns. One is that we get rural broadband broadly and effectively deployed.

If there's an easy solution to it, maybe the lawsuits, as being proposed--if there was an easy solution, we'd get it.