and one of the proudest things i got a chance to do is work on the tasca effort here. it was a bipartisan bill. and we advanced an issue around making sure that we were reducing animal testing with a great goal. will you just please commit that you will remain strongly committed to the work we did together in tasca and the reduction of animal testing, or to the greatest extent, the elimination of it? mr. regan: you have my confirmation on that as well. >> thank you for your service on the committee. we will miss you. >> thank you. thank you for your being here. i've heard from a lot of friends of yours, and you have an excellent reputation. one of the honors that i have is being the ranking member of the agriculture committee, representing our farming community. and certainly this has been brought up today, but the waters of the u.s. was really a real burden. as secretary of north carolina department of environmental quality, you signed a letter regarding epa's 2019 rule repealing the 2015 waters of the u.s. rule. in this letter, you stated that the epa should, and i q