but by then, almost all the ogallala will be dry. [jay] whats become very clear is that the world's major aquifers are being depleted. some of them at a very rapid clip. weve got the aquifers in the arabian peninsula and across the middle east. turkey, syria, iraq, iran, india, bangladesh, north china plain. over here in north western australia, really all over the world, so this is a cause for huge concern because those aquifers provide the water for irrigation to grow, uh, most of the food that we grow in the world. the high plains aquifer, in particular, we grow a tremendous amount of grain and, and beef. and this is a region that is projected to run out of groundwater in about 30 years. when i think about the collapse of water availability in our big food-producing regions, so much of that middle part of the united states is dominated by, by agriculture and provides food security for the country so what will those people do for jobs? and what will we do for food security? the implications for that i think are staggering. [digital

identifying hundreds of millions of dollars in yachts, airplanes, and luxury homes belonging to russian ogallala-- oligarchs, leading to warrants for their seizure. as chairman of the subcommittee in the last congress, i am proud of our work to provide additional resources for the fbi, including for it's ukraine related work. and for various other efforts to protect the american people. but biden administrations of requesting funding for further fbi enhancements in fiscal year 2024, including investments to combat violent crime and cybercrime, and to enhance the fbi's counter intelligence and counterterrorism capabilities. at the same time, i must continue to express my very strong opposition to the house majorities plan, as included and legislation that barely passed the house last night and on partisan lines, to implement drastic cuts in discretionary spending. these proposed cuts would translate to the equivalent for the fbi of losing 11,000 positions. our a third of its workforce. greatly damaging the fbi's ability to protect our american people and keep our community safe. director wray, i