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I'm going to be a little bit different on my story here because my wife and I are both energy workers. So with the energy transition in Pennsylvania, our focus and our ability to take our financial resources and put those back into the farm has been tremendous. Without that energy job we wouldn't have been able to better our farm and better our situation. Without my industry and my work family the opportunities afforded to me, especially like this today, wouldn't be possible. And as you sit here today you're sitting on top of the Marcellus and the Utica Shales. The most prolific shale plays in the world are underneath your feet. My family depends on my salary and my wife's salary. And those salaries are dependent on American, pro-American, pro-energy policy. With this pro-energy policy would allow operators to develop abundant clean natural gas from below our feet. Appalachia produces roughly 30 billion cubic feet of gas per day. We could double the amount if we were just given the opportunity. Common sense policies that allow for infrastructure to be built here, pipelines. We need more pipelines. Doubling our output would be the equivalent of putting 10 million barrels of energy on the market for the world stage, providing opportunities for families to remain farming. Because guess what? We pay those royalties. We pay billions of royalties a year to landowners just like everybody that's around here at this table. And due to the ups and downs, I want to tell you a little bit of a personal story of mine. Due to the ups and downs of the commodity based business, four years ago I was faced with an ultimatum. And that ultimatum was do I chase my corporate job? Or do I stay here and work on a family farm? My wife and I, we made the decision not to move to Texas. We made the decision that it was family first, that it was legacy over money. So our conscious decision to raise our two beautiful daughters as fourth generation on our farm is the best decision we made in our relatively young lives. There has been no greater honor than to represent my family, my industry, and the pivotal role we play together. The intersection between agriculture and industry, it's a tight knit one. We need the farmers just like they want us to provide the energy. And responsible natural gas development should not be a partisan issue. It's a common sense issue. So I want to thank you again for allowing me to speak with you today. It's been an honor and I really appreciate it.

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