[inaudible]. good morning. i like to call this hearing to order. of the u.s. senate committee on agriculture and forestry. this is the first hearing for new members and i want to welcome senator walker wuhan, warnock virtual and so welcome to the committee. we look forward to working with you. and i certainly look forward to continuing to partner with the centers and i appreciate so much for being able to work together to get our secretary confirmed. thank you so much and looking forward to some really positive bipartisan efforts to the committee. i m so pleased to be holding our first policy hearing in congress on the climate crisis. a topic that is critical to the future of every farmer, every rancher in every forrester in the country. just as for michigan cherry growers to experience an unseasonably warm spring followed by a late freeze and destroyed the entire crop. that was in 2012 they ve had challenges ever since printed the foresters and communities out west he spen