So my question is whether or not the farm bill did enough on this and other ongoing issues.

But in terms of the percentage of fraud and the dollars in fraud, do the nutrition programs add up to more fraud or less fraud as compared to the disaster programs and the FSA programs?

You ultimately would need additional resources in order to address those concerns?

Thank you very much. The OIG recently released its Pigford II audit, which was required by Congress as a part of agreeing to fund the settlement of the case against the Department.

To the extent that we have resources, we can do more work, and we can bring back our return on investment, which is roughly $12 for every dollar invested.

I think the changes you brought forward as acting chair have been very positive and improved in that regard.

one of the little known goals of the Dodd-Frank is the facilitation of a more transparent risk management process for farmers and ranchers.

As you may know, I am the cochair of the Congressional Chicken Caucus. Georgia is the number one producer and exporter of poultry products in the Nation...

I am concerned that given the fiscal environment in which we are operating today and the inevitable budget reductions which will occur in every agency of the Federal Government, including yours, the CFTC's management of agriculture markets…

Thank you very much. Let me welcome all of our panelists this morning and thank you collectively for what you do...

The construction of the new lab is critical, because the lab provides solutions to national and international exotic, emerging, and endemic poultry disease problems...

Thank you, Mr. Walberg.

If medical inflation increases by 1 percent, what happens to the size of the unfunded liability?

USPS, Mr. Todisco, currently has an unfunded liability for retiree health care of $48 billion.

The message that we must send must be very clear. Although our recent focus has been on nuclear weapons, terrorism will not be tolerated.

The continuing threat that Iran poses to international stability is of paramount concern to the United States and our allies.

I want to commend my colleague, Marcia Fudge, who had an amendment that we did pass on food deserts.

I've listened to some of my good friends on the Republican side try to score political points in connection with the Russian move on Crimea. Trying to paint this somehow as Obama's fault. This is a ridiculous contention. Putin marched into…