After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive action. What seemingly is a daily occurrence taxpayer dollars be
After brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. Good morning once again. Welcome to todays hearing receive testimony from the secretary of agriculture. I think my colleagues participating and secretary bill sec for his time we have a lengthy hearing ahead of us. I will be brief and might remarks nearly three years ive traveled across the country to different farmers, ranchers, foresters, Rural Communities and everyday consumers. Many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle jointly for those travels. The message we have heard from those folks was very clear. They need a government to work for them, not against them. These men and women have struggled with a fractured supply chain, considerable input cost, relentless inflation, natural disasters, volatile markets and labor shortage each consistently worsened by illconceived halfbaked executive action. What seemingly is a daily occurrence taxpayer dollars be
Scheduled commitments. Before we begin we will take a moment to say the opening pledge. We will stand for the pledge. And. [inaudible] we know there are businesses that put food on the table and provide jobs for americans. We know that it is scary out there andnd that it is a challee to run a Small Business. Thank you and protection. May these businesses thrive. We are grateful as a free country those that protect and have protected and well protected. We ask the leaders to do the right thing as we continue to make this the greatest country, the greatest country to do great things around the world. We assess in your name amen. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Good afternoon everyone. I now call the committee. Without objection the chair is authorized at any time. I now recognize myself or my opening stateme
Scheduled commitments. Before we begin we will take a moment to say the opening pledge. We will stand for the pledge. And. [inaudible] we know there are businesses that put food on the table and provide jobs for americans. We know that it is scary out there andnd that it is a challee to run a Small Business. Thank you and protection. May these businesses thrive. We are grateful as a free country those that protect and have protected and well protected. We ask the leaders to do the right thing as we continue to make this the greatest country, the greatest country to do great things around the world. We assess in your name amen. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Good afternoon everyone. I now call the committee. Without objection the chair is authorized at any time. I now recognize myself or my opening stateme
We take you live now to the house science, space, Technology Committee hearing featuring epa administrator Michael Regan. The hearing will review the Environmental Protection Agency Science and technical activities and their use in policymaking. The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. Opening statements. I would like to also request unanimous consent to submit chairman lucas Opening Statement for the record. Now recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. I would like to welcome everyone to this mornings hearing for science and technology at the Environmental Protection agency. I am pleased to welcome epa administrator Michael Regan for the first time in front of the Science Committee. In fact, this is the first time any epa administrator has testified since 2019 so we certainly have a lot to discuss. While i appreciate you joining us today, your testimony was sent to the committee un