this zeroing out, I think, has largely to do with making room for the President's massive tax cut

the elimination of $200 million from the water and sewer grants to small communities ... is just immense

I am concerned that in order to accommodate the President's proposed $726 billion tax cut, the Administration has made significant cuts to critical programs that benefit farmers, ranchers, and all American citizens.

I hope that USDA keeps an open mind about finding a reasonable method to, in good faith, implement country of origin labeling.

My constituents literally are choosing between groceries and staying on their prescriptions.

I think they support the concept of country of origin labeling, that our consumers deserve to know the origins of the products they feed their families.

Thank you, and I thank Senator Byrd, as well, for his leadership and guidance and his courtesy here.

I have to say that there are a number of areas where I feel some concern.

Would it not make sense to maintain the prohibition on Canadian livestock and meat exports into the United States until the United States can be comfortable that they have eliminated their backlog and that their inspection regime is…

$200 million would be eliminated from water and sewer grants to small communities.

there is a widely held and growing view across much of America that the Department of Agriculture is teaming up with the packers to sandbag country of origin labeling for meat.

The reason you are hearing that is because they are scared to death of extraordinarily bureaucratic, red-tape filled, expensive recordkeeping requirements that the packers are telling them USDA is going to require.