Larry Craig: “I do not understand why, in the budget that I heard yesterday, that there is a substantial proposal to increase the…”

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 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.

It's my understanding that, due to the violations, the beef is unfit for human consumption. But is it necessarily unsafe?

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?