[background noises] [background noises] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of committee at any time. Im before we begin secretary has informed us she has only two hours available for this hearing. So in the interest of time Ranking Member and i are remedying ourselves to very brief Opening Statements we are asking the secretary to do the same. Additionally we get as many members as possible a chance to ask questions. And in concurrence with the Ranking Member i ask unanimous consent to limit each members q and a to four minutes without objection. So ordered. Out also like to request unanimous consent to submit to statements for the record for bt the first is from chairman lucas who could not be with us here today. As you know he has had a terrible accident with a bowl, he is a rancher. And he is recuperating. We look forward to his return soon because his leadership is dearly missed. The second as a full Opening Statement from my
[background noises] [background noises] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of committee at any time. Im before we begin secretary has informed us she has only two hours available for this hearing. So in the interest of time Ranking Member and i are remedying ourselves to very brief Opening Statements we are asking the secretary to do the same. Additionally we get as many members as possible a chance to ask questions. And in concurrence with the Ranking Member i ask unanimous consent to limit each members q and a to four minutes without objection. So ordered. Out also like to request unanimous consent to submit to statements for the record for bt the first is from chairman lucas who could not be with us here today. As you know he has had a terrible accident with a bowl, he is a rancher. And he is recuperating. We look forward to his return soon because his leadership is dearly missed. The second as a full Opening Statement from my