Larry Craig: “This is a year of total obstructionism, and so we're going to have to work our way through those problems.”

While I was late in coming, and did not--and I've not read your full testimony, and I will--you did, I hope, define a downer cow versus mad cow, and the difference, did you not?

We've had a bad actor, here. And there's no question about it.

In that context, do you believe that the rules and regulations that are on the books today, as it relates to how animals are handled and how they're slaughtered, is adequate?

We have been demanding to this Senate--and the Senate has passed it several times, it's really a House issue--to stop the processing of downer cows in the food supply.